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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 2 (pages 177-191).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the principle motif that reappears throughout Tinkers?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Clocks.
(d) School desks.

2. What game do Howard and George play on the porch when George is a child in Chapter 2?
(a) Chess.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Poker.
(d) Cribbage.

3. Howard says of his father in Chapter 3, "The world fell away from my father the way he fell away from us. We became" what?
(a) His suffering.
(b) His dream.
(c) His ghost.
(d) His regret.

4. Of Kathleen's strict demeanor, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "She could not live with herself if she allowed herself to believe that she treated her own this way because she felt no more connected to them than she would to" what?
(a) A collection of stones.
(b) A Christmas goose.
(c) A pile of dirt.
(d) A pet dog.

5. What activity does the narrator say George has always hated in Chapter 1?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Home repair.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Cooking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "eighth planet, named after the king of the sea"?

2. What newspaper did George once read regularly at the kitchen table at lunchtime, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

3. What does Howard witness his father trying to grab from a barrel during his mental decline in Chapter 3?

4. What alias does Howard Crosby take on when he moves to Philadelphia?

5. What animals circle Howard's cart in the field before moving on in the end of Chapter 2?

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