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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 plan to do at the end of the story as he stands in the cemetery?
(a) Live longer than every other Indian in the world.
(b) Bury the memory of Hector for good.
(c) Find out who killed Hector.
(d) Take care of his mother.

2. What relation to the narrator is Hector?
(a) His brother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

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

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

5. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?
(a) A friend was driving him.
(b) The narrator's mother drove him.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) His own car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?

2. How long ago did the narrator's father die?

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

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

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

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