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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?
(a) Because there were no white people living near the reservation.
(b) Because he would only get into a car with other Indians he knew.
(c) Because Hector had his own car.
(d) Because white men would not try to pick up an Indian.

2. How old was the narrator when he had his first kiss?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 41.

3. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?
(a) The white man was not afraid of him either.
(b) The white man did not even know he lived let alone died.
(c) The white man probably disappeared him.
(d) The white man led him to a life of drinking and fighting.

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

5. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?
(a) The Catholic cemetery.
(b) It was returned because it was empty.
(c) The Indian burial ground.
(d) The backyard where the narrator's father was buried.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What information was carved into Hector's wooden grave marker?

3. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope the Indians who killed Hector did as they "buried his body deep in the woods" (3)?

4. Who holds Hector in the photograph the narrator has of him?

5. Who does the narrator say he knows is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

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