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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious denomination does the narrator say George settled on after being a Methodist and a Congregationalist in Chapter 1?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Baptist.

2. The hospital that Kathleen has a pamphlet for in Chapter 2 is located by what river?
(a) The Merced River.
(b) The Colorado River.
(c) The Hudson River.
(d) The Penobscot River.

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

4. What novel does Howard discover on his porch after pulling the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) The Scarlet Letter.

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

6. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?
(a) The government.
(b) George's body.
(c) The disintegration of George's family.
(d) George's wife.

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

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

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

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

11. Of Howard, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "His despair had not come from the fact that he was a fool; he knew he was a fool. His despair came from" what?
(a) The fact that his mother saw him as a fool.
(b) The fact that his father saw him as a fool.
(c) The fact that his wife saw him as a fool.
(d) The fact that the world around him saw him as a fool.

12. 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.

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

14. What month is it when Howard leaves his family in Chapter 2?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) March.
(d) January.

15. What town do George and Kathleen walk toward when they find the doctor's house missing in Chapter 2?
(a) Cabbot.
(b) Camden.
(c) Malvern.
(d) West Cove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the Morrells' curing shed been converted into when George runs away in Chapter 2?

2. Where does the narrator describe seeing a clock "that had the likeness of a great oak tree wrought in iron and brass around its dial" in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the doctor that Kathleen plans to take George to after his hand has been bitten in Chapter 2?

4. What three states does the narrator say George's grandchildren are visiting from in the beginning of the novel?

5. How is Marjorie related to George?

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