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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?
(a) Hector's killers.
(b) His aunts, uncles and cousins.
(c) Himself.
(d) The entire tribe.

2. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?
(a) 16.
(b) 7.
(c) 31.
(d) 3.

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

4. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.
(b) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.
(c) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.
(d) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.

5. Who attended Hector's wake?
(a) Most of the tribe.
(b) Only the narrator and his mother.
(c) The narrator's mother and cousin and uncle.
(d) Nobody.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?

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

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

5. What relation to the narrator is Hector?

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