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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?
(a) Plane crashes and stroke.
(b) War fatalities and homicide.
(c) Cancer, heart disease and car wrecks.
(d) Suicides and kidney failure.

2. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 58.
(b) 63.
(c) 72.
(d) 45.

3. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?
(a) The narrator's mother drove him.
(b) A friend was driving him.
(c) His own car.
(d) Hitchhiking.

4. How long ago did the narrator's father die?
(a) 41 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 6 months.

5. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) His mother's singing.
(b) Hector returned.
(c) They had an open and empty casket.
(d) His mother's cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?

2. Who does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

3. Who is the only person the narrator kissed?

4. Who holds Hector in the photograph the narrator has of him?

5. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?

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