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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. The narrator says in the opening of Chapter 4, "During the days, George was aware of a large group of people murmuring and flowing in and out of the room as if on tides." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Personification.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

2. What word from Chapter 4 means serving as a relief?
(a) Corrective.
(b) Palliative.
(c) Demonstrative.
(d) Exorbitant.

3. What word from Chapter 3 means characterized by length of speech or wordiness, or scattered?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Coercive.
(d) Diffuse.

4. What is referred to in Chapter 4 as "that part of a clock which keeps time"?
(a) The dulcimer.
(b) The pinion.
(c) The going train.
(d) The escape wheel.

5. What alias does Howard Crosby take on when he moves to Philadelphia?
(a) Andrew Cobbler.
(b) Aaron Finn.
(c) Aaron Lightfoot.
(d) Aaron Lightman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is Nikki Bocheki driving when he visits George in Chapter 4?

2. What word used to describe the Indian in Chapter 3 means relating to a former or more primitive type?

3. What does Howard witness his father trying to grab from a barrel during his mental decline in Chapter 3?

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

5. Who are the neighbors that Howard goes to in order to borrow a horse to look for George after he's run away in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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