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

2. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

3. Who is the author of "Happy Trails"?
(a) Sheryl Allan.
(b) Sherman Alexie.
(c) Alene Sherwood.
(d) Alex Sherman.

4. How does the narrator feel Hector died?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Car wreck.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Murder.

5. 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) Then Hector must still be alive.
(c) They discovered his body the day before.
(d) You don't need a body to bury a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?

3. What did one mourner say white archeologists would do 100 years from now after Hector's grave was buried?

4. The narrator says that Hector's grandmother's children were the first generation to do what?

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

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