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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war does the narrator say Hector's grandmother was born before?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Revolutionary War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The American Indian War.

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

3. Who sang an old mourning song by the graveside after Hector's casket was buried?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The whole group of mourners.
(c) The tribal elder.
(d) The narrator.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?

2. With whom does the narrator live?

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

4. What killed the narrator's father?

5. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?

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