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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did each mourner do after the coffin was lowered into the ground?
(a) Cry.
(b) Bow and leave.
(c) Sing a mourning song.
(d) Throw dirt on it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people has the narrator kissed?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother say when he suggests they bury Hector? How does the narrator reply?

2. What does the narrator say his mother does which made her "good at funerals" (2)?

3. What does the narrator decide they should do 40 years after Hector disappeared?

4. What does the narrator say was the best part of the funeral?

5. Who is Hector in relation to the narrator? When was the last time the narrator has seen him?

6. Describe the narrator's relationship with his female cousin whom he describes as gorgeous.

7. What does the narrator suggest may have happened to Hector as he hitchhiked to Spokane?

8. Why does the narrator say people have a tendency to aggrandize the dead?

9. What type of person does the narrator say Hector was? How old would he be if he were alive? What does the narrator think Hector would be like?

10. What does the narrator's mother say about Indian self help books?

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