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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Marjorie related to George?
2. How many hours before his death does the narrator in Chapter 1 say George sneaked "into the basement window of the West Cove Methodist Church" and rang the bell on Halloween night?
3. What disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?
4. What town do George and Kathleen walk toward when they find the doctor's house missing in Chapter 2?
5. What novel does Howard discover on his porch after pulling the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you describe Kathleen's perspective in the story? What are Kathleen's feelings about her family?
2. What is signified by Howard's action of building a fire after his seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?
3. What does George ask for when he awakens ninety-six hours before his death? Who obliges his solicitation?
4. How is the natural phenomenon of lightning used as a metaphor in Chapter 1?
5. Who appears to be reading to George when he awakens in Chapter 1, Part 2? What book is being read?
6. What relationship does George Washington Crosby have with clocks in the novel? How did this relationship begin?
7. What metaphor is illustrated through the descriptions of George's house in Chapter 1, Part 1?
8. What does the doctor say after examining George's injury in Chapter 2, Part 2?
9. What does Howard witness George doing with a dead mouse in the woods in Chapter 2, Part 1?
10. How would you compare the imagery of Howard's home and George's home in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of George Washington Crosby in Tinkers. What is significant about George’s name? How old is George as he dies? Where did George grow up? What degree did George earn, and what career did he have? How does George evolve as a character in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Kathleen’s mindset as she takes George to see the doctor in Chapter 2. What do you think Kathleen and Dr. Box are discussing when Kathleen cries? How does George respond to seeing his mother in a vulnerable state? How does Kathleen go about composing herself?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the fictional book The Reasonable Horologist by the Rev. Kenner Davenport. When was this book published? What is the book’s implied origins in George’s life? What does the book symbolize? How does the language of these excerpts differ from the main narrative of Tinkers?
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