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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 3 - 4 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the graveside, what does the narrator hope whoever killed Hector would do?
(a) Pray for forgiveness.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Send him a letter telling him where his body was buried.
(d) Turn himself in.

3. Who is the author of "Happy Trails"?
(a) Sherman Alexie.
(b) Alene Sherwood.
(c) Sheryl Allan.
(d) Alex Sherman.

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

5. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.
(b) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.
(c) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.
(d) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best thing the narrator recalls his father saying to him?

2. What Indian tribe do the narrator and his family belong?

3. Who does the narrator imagine is buried in Hector's empty coffin?

4. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?

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

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