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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?
(a) As par for the course.
(b) As equally painful.
(c) As sacred and necessary.
(d) As a waste of time.

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

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

4. 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 did not even know he lived let alone died.
(d) The white man was not afraid of him either.

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

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

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

8. How long ago did the narrator's father die?
(a) 41 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 7 years.

9. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?
(a) Live in a castle.
(b) Have a dozen maids.
(c) Have a dozen babies.
(d) Wear fancy clothes.

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

11. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?
(a) A curmudgeonly prick.
(b) A temperamental asshole.
(c) A regular jerk.
(d) A good-for-nothing liar.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?

2. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?

3. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?

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

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

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