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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 name has Joe given to the bearskin rug in the Crosby home?
(a) Patches.
(b) Ursula.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Billy.
2. What is the name of Howard's family's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Spot.
(c) Roger.
(d) Socks.
3. What game do George and Ray regularly play in the Morrells' old curing shed?
(a) Go Fish.
(b) Poker.
(c) Cribbage.
(d) Bridge.
4. What historic people does Howard think of as he watches George set aflame the funeral pyre for the mouse in Chapter 2?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The ancient Egyptians.
(c) The Aztecs.
(d) The Mayans.
5. What was Kathleen's maiden name?
(a) Black.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Cobbler.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does George's mother serve for Christmas dinner on the night that George witnesses his father's seizure?
2. What novel does Howard discover on his porch after pulling the hermit's tooth in Chapter 1?
3. What does George wrap the dead mouse with in Chapter 2?
4. What objects did George begin repairing and trading after his retirement?
5. What is the name of the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think the author has constructed Tinkers with a nonlinear timeline? Why does he shift the narrative between Howard and George's stories in Chapter 1?
2. How would you describe George's relationship to animals and nature based upon his actions in Chapter 2?
3. What does the doctor say after examining George's injury in Chapter 2, Part 2?
4. How does the narrator describe George's attempt to make a memoir by cassette tape in Chapter 1?
5. How would you describe the differences between George and Howard Crosby in terms of their successes in life?
6. What is ironic about George's role within his family, as illustrated in Chapter 2, Part 2?
7. Who appears to be reading to George when he awakens in Chapter 1, Part 2? What book is being read?
8. How does Howard find George after he's run away from home in Chapter 2, Part 2? What are his thoughts upon finding his son?
9. How is Kathleen's behavior described when Howard Crosby arrives home late after having a seizure in Chapter 1, Part 2?
10. How is the setting described when George awakens "one hundred and thirty-two hours" before he dies in Chapter 1?
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