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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. What is the name of Howard's mule?
(a) Peter the Great.
(b) Prince Edward.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Clara.

2. Who is Sam's mother in the novel?
(a) Claire.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) Emma.
(d) Betsy.

3. What are the names of George's two daughters?
(a) Kathleen and Emily.
(b) Wilma and Grace.
(c) Claire and Betsy.
(d) Mary and Anna.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Marjorie related to George?

2. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does George ask his family to get when he first rises in bed in the beginning of the novel?

5. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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