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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?
(a) As equally painful.
(b) As par for the course.
(c) As a waste of time.
(d) As sacred and necessary.

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

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

4. What relation to the narrator is Hector?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His cousin.

5. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?
(a) Spokane.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) He did not say.
(d) Coeur D'Alene Reservation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who attended Hector's wake?

3. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?

4. Who is the author of "Happy Trails"?

5. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?

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