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

2. 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) A gentle man who strove for peace.
(c) An angry man who left everyone.
(d) A joyful man who loved everybody.

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

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

5. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?
(a) Throw dirt on it.
(b) Sing a mourning song.
(c) Cry.
(d) Bow and leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What killed the narrator's father?

3. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope whoever killed Hector would do?

4. What relation to the narrator is Hector?

5. Why is the narrator certain Hector did not get into the car with white strangers?

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