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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Depression.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Obesity.

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

4. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?
(a) Sing a mourning song.
(b) Cry.
(c) Throw dirt on it.
(d) Bow and leave.

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

6. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?
(a) The narrator's mother drove him.
(b) A friend was driving him.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) His own car.

7. What relation to the narrator is Hector?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His cousin.

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

9. What does the narrator say happens to violent men?
(a) They die violently.
(b) They endlessly hurt people.
(c) The calm down eventually.
(d) They go to jail.

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

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

12. How many people has the narrator kissed?
(a) 30.
(b) 1.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

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

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

15. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?
(a) Wisdom for the ages.
(b) Healing recipes.
(c) Nothing useful.
(d) Pictures of other self-help books.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With whom does the narrator live?

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

5. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?

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