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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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 such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.
(c) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.
(d) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people has the narrator kissed?

2. Who attended Hector's wake?

3. What killed the narrator's father?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does he say was the saddest thing said about Hector?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator say of the family he has lost, his aunts, uncles, cousins and father and those who are still living in paragraph 2 of "Happy Trails"?

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

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

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

9. Where was Hector's casket buried? What does the narrator say about the Coeur d'Alene Catholics?

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

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