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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part 2 (pages 36-70).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls in Chapter 1?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Cullen.
(c) La Rose.
(d) Melish.

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

4. What does Howard give the hermit to drink before he pulls his tooth in Chapter 1?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Red wine.
(c) Bathtub gin.
(d) Corn whiskey.

5. At what age did George retire?
(a) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 65.
(d) 70.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has George's hospital bed been placed in the beginning of the novel?

2. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. What disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?

4. What is the name of Howard's mule?

5. Where does Marjorie live?

(see the answer key)

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