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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects did George begin repairing and trading after his retirement?
(a) Clocks.
(b) Vacuum cleaners.
(c) Computers.
(d) Telephones.

2. What month is it every year when Howard meets with the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) August.

3. What historic people does Howard think of as he watches George set aflame the funeral pyre for the mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Aztecs.
(c) The ancient Egyptians.
(d) The Mayans.

4. Who is the author of The Reasonable Horologist that is quoted in Chapter 1?
(a) Rev. Kenner Davenport.
(b) Dr. Dan Cooper.
(c) Rafe Sanders.
(d) Tom Budden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the hospital located that Kathleen has gotten a pamphlet for in Chapter 2?

2. What does the narrator describe as Joe's favorite breakfast meal in Chapter 2?

3. What does George put the wrapped dead mouse inside of in Chapter 2?

4. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?

5. As Howard stands outside of his house, watching his children in the window in Chapter 2, he thinks, "I will pay my debts with" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Kathleen's behavior described when Howard Crosby arrives home late after having a seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?

2. How would you describe Kathleen's perspective in the story? What are Kathleen's feelings about her family?

3. What does Howard witness George doing with a dead mouse in the woods in Chapter 2, Part 1?

4. How is George's condition described in the beginning of Chapter 1? Where is George located, and what does he ask for when he first awakens?

5. Who is George's father in the narrative? What did George's father do for a living?

6. How would you describe the differences between George and Howard Crosby in terms of their successes in life?

7. What does George ask for when he awakens ninety-six hours before his death? Who obliges his solicitation?

8. What metaphor is illustrated through the descriptions of George's house in Chapter 1, Part 1?

9. What does the doctor say after examining George's injury in Chapter 2, Part 2?

10. What does George discover in his mother's pamphlet in Chapter 2, Part 2? How does she respond when she finds him reading it?

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