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

2. Where did the local Indian work for many summers cutting wood, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) The Great Western Hotel.
(b) The North Carry Hotel.
(c) Mrs. Butter's Boarding House.
(d) The Blueberry Bed and Breakfast.

3. The narrator says in Chapter 3 as Howard searches the woods for his father, "The tom-tom tap of a pileated woodpecker sounded from somewhere in the woods, to Howard's left." What literary device is used in this sentence?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. 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) Elizabeth and Marie.
(d) Anna and Mary.

5. 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) Moccasins.
(b) A wampum.
(c) A fur cape.
(d) A feather headdress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe George's wife's cooking in Chapter 4?

2. 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?

3. How much money does Edward Billings pay George to repair the clock at the bank in Chapter 4?

4. What magazine does Nikki Bocheki read while she sits with George in Chapter 4?

5. What kind of wood was Howard's father's canoe made from that he recalls in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characters are introduced during Howard's journey to search for his father in Chapter 3, Part 2?

2. How is Howard's death described in Chapter 4? What is this description juxtaposed against?

3. How does Howard's medical condition change after he moves away and begins living under an alias?

4. How do George's memories of his father relate to the theme of rites of passage in Tinkers?

5. What hallucinations does Howard experience in Tagg Pond in Chapter 3, Part 2?

6. How would you describe the language style of Tinkers? Is the language easy to understand?

7. What alias does Howard Crosby take on after he leaves his family? Where does he go?

8. How are George's finances described in Chapter 4, Part 1? Why does George concern himself with his finances?

9. What is the significance of the title of Tinkers? Who does this term apply to in the novel?

10. Whom does George ask for when he awakens in Chapter 4, Part 1? Who is sitting with George?

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