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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part 1 (pages 127-142).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of George's sister that runs shrieking into the house whenever she sees wasps or spiders when they are young?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) Claire.
(d) Darla.

2. What historical figure is Howard studying in history when his father goes to the meeting regarding his mental deterioration in Chapter 3?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Napoleon Bonaparte.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Ben Franklyn.

3. How would you describe the main narrative perspective of Tinkers?
(a) The narrator is Kathleen.
(b) The narrator is Sam.
(c) The narrator is Charles Crosby.
(d) It is a third-person omniscient narrator.

4. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2 that her "stern manner and her humorless regime mask" what?
(a) Depression.
(b) Hope.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Longing.

5. What is the name of the hospital that Kathleen has gotten a pamphlet for in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston Home for the Mentally Disabled.
(b) Long Island Insane Asylum.
(c) The Eastern Maine State Hospital.
(d) Bellevue Home for the Mentally Disabled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ray Morrell when George runs away to his father's property in Chapter 2?

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

3. Where was George's cancer for which he first underwent radiation therapy?

4. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 means anxious or concerned?

5. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?

(see the answer key)

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