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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How old was the narrator when he had his first kiss?
(a) 18.
(b) 41.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?

2. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?

3. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?

4. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?

5. How does the narrator feel Hector died?

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