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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?

5. What relation to the narrator is Hector?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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"?

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

6. What was the funniest thing said at Hector's funeral?

7. When the narrator's mother says Hector was a good man, the narrator says he was great. Does he really believe Hector was great? How do you know?

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

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

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

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