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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Wear fancy clothes.
(d) Have a dozen babies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator feel Hector died?

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

5. How old was the narrator when he had his first kiss?

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