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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 book is Howard reading on the night he dies?
(a) The World's Book of Favorite Popular Verse.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
(d) Jitterbug Perfume.

2. What is Howard's father's profession?
(a) He is a reverend.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a senator.
(d) He is a policeman.

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

4. When Howard goes into the woods to look for his father in Chapter 3, what pond does he pass?
(a) Birch Pond.
(b) Merced Pond.
(c) Tagg Pond.
(d) Willow Pond.

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a circle of the earth passing through the poles and the observer's zenith?
(a) Circumspect.
(b) Atmosphere.
(c) Circumference.
(d) Meridian.

Short Answer Questions

1. At how many different banks has George kept safety deposit boxes, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

2. What year is it when Howard dies in Chapter 4?

3. The narrator says of George as he dies in Chapter 4, "His bloodless legs were hard like wood." What literary device is used in this sentence?

4. Howard says the following in Chapter 3: "My mother opened the outside door and the light came in and carved every object in the kitchen into an ancient relic." What literary device is used in this sentence?

5. What month is it when Howard dies in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Howard managed to track down George's address in Chapter 4? What does he do when he locates George?

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

3. Where does Megan go during the Christmas holidays in 1953? What does Howard do after she leaves?

4. How does the theme of competition apply to the characters and relationship of George and Howard Crosby in Tinkers?

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

6. What is the principle motif used throughout Tinkers? What does this motif represent?

7. What regret does Howard display regarding his father in the beginning of Chapter 3?

8. How does the theme of competition apply to the characters of Howard and Reverend Crosby?

9. What is epilepsy? How was this disorder treated in the 1920s/1930s?

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

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