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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At how many different banks has George kept safety deposit boxes, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. For how long does Howard's mother insist he not speak in order for his tongue to heal after his first seizure in Chapter 3?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 7 days.

3. What alias does Howard Crosby take on when he moves to Philadelphia?
(a) Aaron Finn.
(b) Aaron Lightman.
(c) Aaron Lightfoot.
(d) Andrew Cobbler.

4. Who does Howard believe the Indian to be that he sees in the pond in Chapter 3?
(a) Dan Cooper.
(b) Old Red.
(c) Old Sabbatis.
(d) Tom Budden.

5. What has George worked at filling his safety deposit boxes full of, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?
(a) Gold watches.
(b) Customer invoices.
(c) Diamond jewelry.
(d) Hundred dollar bills.

6. What does Howard witness his father trying to grab from a barrel during his mental decline in Chapter 3?
(a) A gun.
(b) An apple.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A loaf of bread.

7. What kind of car is Nikki Bocheki driving when he visits George in Chapter 4?
(a) A mint-green Cadillac.
(b) A blue Jeep.
(c) A black Rolls Royce.
(d) A red Alfa Romeo.

8. George awakens for the last time how many hours before he dies in Chapter 4?
(a) 24 hours before his death.
(b) 72 hours before his death.
(c) 16 hours before his death.
(d) 48 hours before his death.

9. How much money is hidden in George's workbench downstairs in Chapter 4?
(a) $6,220.
(b) $1,200.
(c) $2,400.
(d) $3,540.

10. Who helps Ed Titcomb carry Howard out of the woods in a canvas tent in Chapter 3?
(a) Ezra Morell.
(b) Tom Budden.
(c) Rafe Sanders.
(d) Dan Cooper.

11. 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?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Forced perspective.
(d) Simile.

12. What velvet-antlered animals are described in the "Cometa Borealis" excerpt in Chapter 4?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Goats.
(c) White-tailed deer.
(d) Mule deer.

13. The term "moors" from the novel was used in Europe to describe what group of people?
(a) Asian people.
(b) Native American people.
(c) Jews.
(d) Muslims.

14. Nikki Bocheki is described in Chapter 4 as an acquaintance of George's from where?
(a) The Unitarian church.
(b) The Synagogue.
(c) The police station.
(d) The butcher shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 means characterized by length of speech or wordiness, or scattered?

2. What word used by Howard in Chapter 3 refers to a disgrace or humiliation?

3. Where did the local Indian work for many summers cutting wood, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

4. What newspaper did George once read regularly at the kitchen table at lunchtime, according to the narrator in Chapter 4?

5. What is the principle motif that reappears throughout Tinkers?

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