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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 many people has the narrator kissed?
(a) 14.
(b) 30.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.
2. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?
(a) They can bury the memory of him.
(b) Then Hector must still be alive.
(c) You don't need a body to bury a man.
(d) They discovered his body the day before.
3. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 45.
(b) 63.
(c) 72.
(d) 58.
4. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.
5. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) They had an open and empty casket.
(b) His mother's cooking.
(c) His mother's singing.
(d) Hector returned.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?
2. How does the narrator feel Hector died?
3. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?
4. How old was the narrator when he had his first kiss?
5. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does the narrator live with? Why do other Indians not judge him for this?
2. What does he say was the saddest thing said about Hector?
3. What does the narrator say was the best part of the funeral?
4. What does the narrator's mother say about Indian self help books?
5. What does the narrator say his mother does which made her "good at funerals" (2)?
6. What does the narrator's mother say when he suggests they bury Hector? How does the narrator reply?
7. Where was Hector's casket buried? What does the narrator say about the Coeur d'Alene Catholics?
8. 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"?
9. What does the narrator suggest may have happened to Hector as he hitchhiked to Spokane?
10. Describe the conversation between the narrator and his mother about whether Hector is alive or not.
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