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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part 2 (pages 36-70).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three states does the narrator say George's grandchildren are visiting from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Oregon, California, and Colorado.
(b) Kansas, Georgia, and Washington.
(c) Arkansas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
(d) Mississippi, Ohio, and Indiana.

2. How would you describe the main narrative perspective of Tinkers?
(a) The narrator is Charles Crosby.
(b) The narrator is Kathleen.
(c) It is a third-person omniscient narrator.
(d) The narrator is Sam.

3. Where did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard College.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Bowdoin College.

4. What is the name of Howard's mule?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Clara.
(c) Peter the Great.
(d) Prince Edward.

5. What are the names of George's two daughters?
(a) Wilma and Grace.
(b) Claire and Betsy.
(c) Kathleen and Emily.
(d) Mary and Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the nineteen-year-old who has Howard cut his hair in Chapter 1?

2. What disorder causes George to shake as he is shaved?

3. Who is the author of The Reasonable Horologist that is quoted in Chapter 1?

4. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?

5. What natural phenomenon does Howard compare his seizures to in Chapter 1?

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