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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 does the narrator say happens to violent men?
(a) They go to jail.
(b) The calm down eventually.
(c) They die violently.
(d) They endlessly hurt people.

2. How long did the mourners stay awake during Hectors wake?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 days.

3. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?
(a) A temperamental asshole.
(b) A regular jerk.
(c) A good-for-nothing liar.
(d) A curmudgeonly prick.

4. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?
(a) 1.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?

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

3. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?

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

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

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