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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 word used by Howard in Chapter 3 refers to a disgrace or humiliation?
(a) Compliment.
(b) Catharsis.
(c) Epiphany.
(d) Indignity.

2. What does Howard describe his father doing all of the time in Howard's childhood in Chapter 3?
(a) Reading history books.
(b) Composing sermons.
(c) Working in his laboratory.
(d) Writing law articles.

3. What is the name of Howard's family's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Socks.
(b) Roger.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Spot.

4. What part of a clock is described in Chapter 4 as "where the energy generated by the mainspring finally escapes the clock"?
(a) The gathering mallet.
(b) The going train.
(c) The pinion.
(d) The escapement.

5. The narrator says of Kathleen in Chapter 2, "Only her face is visible above the top of the bedcovers. It glows like a pale egg." What literary device is used in this example?
(a) Simile.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used in Chapter 1 to refer to angels?

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

3. The hospital that Kathleen has a pamphlet for in Chapter 2 is located by what river?

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

5. Where does Megan go to tend to her ill mother in 1953?

(see the answer key)

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