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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ailment does Howard suffer from?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

2. What is the name of George's sister that runs shrieking into the house whenever she sees wasps or spiders when they are young?
(a) Darla.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) Claire.
(d) Betsy.

3. What is the name of Howard's supplier for trade items?
(a) Sam.
(b) Cullen.
(c) Gilbert.
(d) Russell.

4. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?
(a) Anderson.
(b) Petrie.
(c) La Rose.
(d) Jameson.

5. How far is the walk from George's house to the doctor's house in Chapter 2?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

6. The one occurrence when George witnesses one of his father's grand mal seizures is during Christmas dinner in what year?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1911.

7. Who does the narrator describe as having gone mad and lit his house on fire, killing himself and a woman with two children, in Chapter 2?
(a) Kenner Davenport.
(b) Ray Morell.
(c) Dan Cooper.
(d) Tom Budden.

8. What game do George and Ray regularly play in the Morrells' old curing shed?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Poker.
(c) Go Fish.
(d) Bridge.

9. Where has George's hospital bed been placed in the beginning of the novel?
(a) In George's bedroom.
(b) In Charlie's bedroom.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the living room.

10. What natural phenomenon does Howard compare his seizures to in Chapter 1?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Hailstorms.

11. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard College.
(d) Bowdoin College.

12. How is Marjorie related to George?
(a) Marjorie is George's niece.
(b) Marjorie is George's daughter.
(c) Marjorie is George's granddaughter.
(d) Marjorie is George's sister.

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

14. What is the name of the hospital that Kathleen has gotten a pamphlet for in Chapter 2?
(a) Boston Home for the Mentally Disabled.
(b) The Eastern Maine State Hospital.
(c) Bellevue Home for the Mentally Disabled.
(d) Long Island Insane Asylum.

15. What ailment has Marjorie suffered from all of her life?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Manic depression.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Howard give the hermit to drink before he pulls his tooth in Chapter 1?

2. What objects did George begin repairing and trading after his retirement?

3. On what day of the week does George run away from home in Chapter 2?

4. Who agrees to shave George in Chapter 1?

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

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