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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 Indian tribe do the narrator and his family belong?
(a) Sioux.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Kootenai.
(d) Coeur d'Alene.

2. How long ago did the narrator's father die?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 41 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

3. What killed the narrator's father?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A car crash.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Diabetes.

4. Who is the author of "Happy Trails"?
(a) Alene Sherwood.
(b) Sheryl Allan.
(c) Alex Sherman.
(d) Sherman Alexie.

5. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?
(a) Wisdom for the ages.
(b) Pictures of other self-help books.
(c) Healing recipes.
(d) Nothing useful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator's "beautiful and distant cousin" (1) move?

2. How many of the narrator's cousins are in prison?

3. How does the narrator say Indian's view their worst losses and greatest beauty?

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

5. What did the narrator decide to do for Hector 40 years after he disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between the narrator and his mother about whether Hector is alive or not.

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

7. Describe the narrator's relationship with his female cousin whom he describes as gorgeous.

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

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

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

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