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

2. What joke was made at Hector's funeral?
(a) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not return from the dead to lie in his coffin and die again.
(b) Hector was so full of himself he was probably watching them to hear what everyone said about him.
(c) Hector loved to drink so much they were surprised he did not come back for the free wine.
(d) Hector was such a showoff they were surprised he did not come back to sing before a crowd.

3. What were the causes of death for the narrator's aunts and uncles?
(a) Plane crashes and stroke.
(b) War fatalities and homicide.
(c) Suicides and kidney failure.
(d) Cancer, heart disease and car wrecks.

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

5. What does the narrator say to his mother when she notes that they do not have Hector's body?
(a) They discovered his body the day before.
(b) Then Hector must still be alive.
(c) They can bury the memory of him.
(d) You don't need a body to bury a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Hector say he was headed when he left 41 years ago?

5. What does the narrator admit Hector was most of the time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator's mother say when he suggests they bury Hector? How does the narrator reply?

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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"?

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

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?

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