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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 were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?
(a) Plane crashes and stroke.
(b) Suicides and kidney failure.
(c) Cancer, heart disease and car wrecks.
(d) War fatalities and homicide.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the mourners stay awake during Hectors wake?

2. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?

3. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?

4. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?

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

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