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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?

2. What relation to the narrator is Hector?

3. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?

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

5. How does the narrator feel Hector died?

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