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

2. What sad thing was said at Hector's funeral in regards to his lack of fear of the white man?
(a) The white man led him to a life of drinking and fighting.
(b) The white man did not even know he lived let alone died.
(c) The white man was not afraid of him either.
(d) The white man probably disappeared him.

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

4. What is the narrator sure Hector would have done if he were still alive?
(a) Sent them money.
(b) Traveled the world.
(c) Gotten married.
(d) Come back or called or written.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old would Hector be in the present if he were still alive?

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

4. What did the narrator's cousin tell him they could do if they were royalty?

5. Where was Hector's coffin taken after the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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