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

2. How many people has the narrator kissed?
(a) 1.
(b) 30.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?

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

3. What is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?

4. How does the narrator feel Hector died?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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"?

8. 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?

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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