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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?
(a) Wisdom for the ages.
(b) Healing recipes.
(c) Nothing useful.
(d) Pictures of other self-help books.

3. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?
(a) All of his kids were accidents, but he was his best accident.
(b) Take care of your mother.
(c) You are a fine young man.
(d) He is the son he always wanted.

4. What killed the narrator's father?
(a) A car crash.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Diabetes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?

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

5. What is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?

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