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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator feel Hector died?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Murder.
(c) Car wreck.
(d) Suicide.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?

3. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?

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

5. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?

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