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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion is Megan's mother said to be in Chapter 4?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

2. Howard says of his father in Chapter 3, "The world fell away from my father the way he fell away from us. We became" what?
(a) His regret.
(b) His dream.
(c) His ghost.
(d) His suffering.

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

4. Of his parents, Howard says in Chapter 3, "That he and my mother should wrestle him into his clothes in the dark seemed" what?
(a) Amusing and playful.
(b) Inhumane.
(c) Illogical and strange.
(d) Furtive and awful.

5. What is the principle motif that reappears throughout Tinkers?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gloves.
(c) School desks.
(d) Clocks.

6. What month is it when Howard describes his mother helping his father dress before his father is taken away in Chapter 3?
(a) September.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) March.

7. Who does Howard believe the Indian to be that he sees in the pond in Chapter 3?
(a) Tom Budden.
(b) Old Sabbatis.
(c) Old Red.
(d) Dan Cooper.

8. What is Nikki Bocheki's profession?
(a) She is a cellist.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) She is a police officer.

9. Who helps Ed Titcomb carry Howard out of the woods in a canvas tent in Chapter 3?
(a) Dan Cooper.
(b) Rafe Sanders.
(c) Ezra Morell.
(d) Tom Budden.

10. What is the only traditional item of clothing that the Indian wears who grew up living on an island in the lake, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) A fur cape.
(b) Moccasins.
(c) A feather headdress.
(d) A wampum.

11. Where in the house does Howard's mother dress his father before his father is taken away?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the parlor.
(d) In his bedroom.

12. Whose neighboring corn field does Howard pass through as he looks for his father in the woods in Chapter 3?
(a) The Petersons' corn field.
(b) The Williams' corn field.
(c) The Gaspars' corn field.
(d) The Andrews' corn field.

13. Who are George's daughters that sit with him and his wife at dinner as Howard rings the bell in 1953?
(a) Betsy and Claire.
(b) Kathleen and Sarah.
(c) Anna and Mary.
(d) Elizabeth and Marie.

14. What does Howard witness a fish do as he sits in the pond watching the Indian in Chapter 3?
(a) A fish leaps onto land and walks away.
(b) A fish jumps down the Indian's throat.
(c) A fish transforms into an ostrich.
(d) A fish leaps from the water and flies away.

15. Around what year does Howard say the local Indian died or disappeared during his childhood in Chapter 3?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1896.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a circle of the earth passing through the poles and the observer's zenith?

2. When Howard's mother helps his father dress before he is taken away in Chapter 3, Howard describes it as appearing as though she is dressing what?

3. What clock on the wall is "worth ten times more than [George had] ever told anyone," according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

4. For how long does Howard's mother insist he not speak in order for his tongue to heal after his first seizure in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the grocery store where Howard works in 1953?

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