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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?
(a) Spokane.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Seattle.

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

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

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

6. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?
(a) 31.
(b) 3.
(c) 16.
(d) 7.

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

8. With whom does the narrator live?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His wife.
(d) He lives alone.

9. 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) Traveled the world.
(d) Gotten married.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the mourners stay awake during Hectors wake?

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

3. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?

4. What killed the narrator's father?

5. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?

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