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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hector left the last time, how was he to get to his destination?
(a) The narrator's mother drove him.
(b) His own car.
(c) A friend was driving him.
(d) Hitchhiking.

2. What does the narrator say was the best part of Hector's funeral?
(a) They had an open and empty casket.
(b) His mother's cooking.
(c) Hector returned.
(d) His mother's singing.

3. What relation to the narrator is Hector?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His uncle.

4. What issue does the narrator say Hector suffered from at the time of his disappearance?
(a) Depression.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Alcoholism.

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

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

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

8. How old was the narrator when Hector disappeared?
(a) 31.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 16.

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

10. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?
(a) 72.
(b) 45.
(c) 63.
(d) 58.

11. How does the narrator feel Hector died?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Car wreck.
(c) Murder.
(d) Drug overdose.

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

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

14. With whom does the narrator live?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) He lives alone.
(d) His wife.

15. What does the narrator say happens to violent men?
(a) The calm down eventually.
(b) They endlessly hurt people.
(c) They die violently.
(d) They go to jail.

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

3. What does the narrator's mother says you will find inside an Indian self-help book?

4. Who does the narrator say is "good at funerals"(2)?

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

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