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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 long ago did the narrator's father die?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 41 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 7 years.
2. How many people has the narrator kissed?
(a) 1.
(b) 30.
(c) 14.
(d) 5.
3. With whom does the narrator live?
(a) His wife.
(b) He lives alone.
(c) His mother.
(d) His cousin.
4. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) They had an open and empty casket.
(b) Hector returned.
(c) His mother's cooking.
(d) His mother's singing.
5. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) Seattle.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Spokane.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?
2. Who attended Hector's wake?
3. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?
4. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?
5. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator say people have a tendency to aggrandize the dead?
2. 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?
3. 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"?
4. Who does the narrator live with? Why do other Indians not judge him for this?
5. What does the narrator decide they should do 40 years after Hector disappeared?
6. What does the narrator's mother say about Indian self help books?
7. What was the funniest thing said at Hector's funeral?
8. What does the narrator's mother say when he suggests they bury Hector? How does the narrator reply?
9. Describe the conversation between the narrator and his mother about whether Hector is alive or not.
10. What does the narrator say was the best part of the funeral?
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