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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 the bootlegger that Howard sells five gallons of homemade whiskey for as an odd job?
(a) Potts.
(b) Williams.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Smith.

2. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?
(a) A limousine.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A school bus.
(d) A wagon.

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

4. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?
(a) The Arkansas River.
(b) The Ohio River.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) The Penobscot River.

5. When is the autograph dated in the novel that Howard receives as a gift from the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would you describe the main narrative perspective of Tinkers?

3. What activity does the narrator say George has always hated in Chapter 1?

4. What kind of liquor does Howard keep a few bottles of in his secret drawer as a tradesman?

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

(see the answer key)

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