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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 is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?
(a) Traveled the world.
(b) Sent them money.
(c) Come back or called or written.
(d) Gotten married.

2. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sing a mourning song.
(c) Bow and leave.
(d) Throw dirt on it.

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

4. What did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?
(a) Build a shrine for him.
(b) Bury him.
(c) Hire a detective.
(d) Try to find him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?

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

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

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

5. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?

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