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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 2 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?
(a) His mother.
(b) Hector.
(c) The tribal elder.
(d) His cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?

2. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?

3. What killed the narrator's father?

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

5. Who attended Hector's wake?

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