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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) His own car.
(d) Hitchhiking.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the narrator live?

2. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?

3. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?

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

5. What killed the narrator's father?

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