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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Indian tribe do the narrator and his family belong?
(a) Coeur d'Alene.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Kootenai.
(d) Lakota.

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

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

4. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?
(a) The backyard where the narrator's father was buried.
(b) The Catholic cemetery.
(c) It was returned because it was empty.
(d) The Indian burial ground.

5. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 72.
(b) 45.
(c) 58.
(d) 63.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is the only person the narrator kissed?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His sister.
(d) His high school sweetheart.

11. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?
(a) The white man did not even know he lived let alone died.
(b) The white man probably disappeared him.
(c) The white man led him to a life of drinking and fighting.
(d) The white man was not afraid of him either.

12. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?
(a) They can bury the memory of him.
(b) You don't need a body to bury a man.
(c) Then Hector must still be alive.
(d) They discovered his body the day before.

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

14. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) He did not say.
(c) Coeur D'Alene Reservation.
(d) Spokane.

15. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?

2. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?

3. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?

4. What relation to the narrator is Hector?

5. How long ago did the narrator's father die?

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