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

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

4. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?
(a) Then Hector must still be alive.
(b) You don't need a body to bury a man.
(c) They can bury the memory of him.
(d) They discovered his body the day before.

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

6. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) His mother's cooking.
(b) Hector returned.
(c) They had an open and empty casket.
(d) His mother's singing.

7. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?
(a) Cancer, heart disease and car wrecks.
(b) Suicides and kidney failure.
(c) Plane crashes and stroke.
(d) War fatalities and homicide.

8. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?
(a) The Catholic cemetery.
(b) The Indian burial ground.
(c) It was returned because it was empty.
(d) The backyard where the narrator's father was buried.

9. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

11. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) Seattle.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Spokane.

12. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?
(a) The white man led him to a life of drinking and fighting.
(b) The white man was not afraid of him either.
(c) The white man did not even know he lived let alone died.
(d) The white man probably disappeared him.

13. With whom does the narrator live?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) He lives alone.
(d) His cousin.

14. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?
(a) Depression.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Schizophrenia.

15. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?
(a) As equally painful.
(b) As sacred and necessary.
(c) As a waste of time.
(d) As par for the course.