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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) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 41 years.

2. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?
(a) It was returned because it was empty.
(b) The backyard where the narrator's father was buried.
(c) The Catholic cemetery.
(d) The Indian burial ground.

3. 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 did not even know he lived let alone died.
(c) The white man led him to a life of drinking and fighting.
(d) The white man probably disappeared him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?

2. How long did the mourners stay awake during Hectors wake?

3. What does the narrator say happens to violent men?

4. How many of the narrator's cousin live in poverty on the reservation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does the narrator live with? Why do other Indians not judge him for this?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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"?

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