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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of "Happy Trails"?
2. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
3. How long ago did the narrator's father die?
4. Where does the narrator's one surviving uncle live?
5. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator say people have a tendency to aggrandize the dead?
2. What does the narrator decide they should do 40 years after Hector disappeared?
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. What does the narrator say was the best part of the funeral?
5. Who is Hector in relation to the narrator? When was the last time the narrator has seen him?
6. What does the narrator say his mother does which made her "good at funerals" (2)?
7. What does the narrator suggest may have happened to Hector as he hitchhiked to Spokane?
8. What was the funniest thing said at Hector's funeral?
9. Where was Hector's casket buried? What does the narrator say about the Coeur d'Alene Catholics?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay examining the ending of "Happy Trails." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Alexie's decision to tell the story using first person point-of-view from the narrator's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
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