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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 say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?
(a) They discovered his body the day before.
(b) You don't need a body to bury a man.
(c) They can bury the memory of him.
(d) Then Hector must still be alive.

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

3. Who attended Hector's wake?
(a) Most of the tribe.
(b) Only the narrator and his mother.
(c) The narrator's mother and cousin and uncle.
(d) Nobody.

4. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?
(a) 16.
(b) 31.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?

2. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?

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

4. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?

5. What does the narrator say happens to violent men?

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