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

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

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

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

5. What killed the narrator's father?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A car crash.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Diabetes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?

3. Who is the author of "Happy Trails"?

4. At Hector's grave, the narrator wonders if it is possible for an Indian to die in what way?

5. What relation to the narrator is Hector?

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