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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?
(a) A curmudgeonly prick.
(b) A temperamental asshole.
(c) A good-for-nothing liar.
(d) A regular jerk.

2. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.
(b) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.
(c) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.
(d) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.

3. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Spokane.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Oregon.

4. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?

2. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?

3. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?

4. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?

5. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?

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