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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 is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?
(a) Gotten married.
(b) Sent them money.
(c) Traveled the world.
(d) Come back or called or written.

2. What does the narrator think Hector may have done which got him killed?
(a) Had an affair with a white woman.
(b) Owed money to a drug dealer.
(c) Harassed a white man or group of white men.
(d) Insulted someone or admitted he had an affair with someone's girlfriend or wife.

3. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 58.
(b) 45.
(c) 72.
(d) 63.

4. How many people has the narrator kissed?
(a) 1.
(b) 14.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

5. Due to the violence to which Hector was born into, the narrator says it was inevitable Hector would become what?
(a) A violent man who died violently.
(b) An angry man who left everyone.
(c) A joyful man who loved everybody.
(d) A gentle man who strove for peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?

2. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?

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

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

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

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