The Tie That Binds: A Novel Test | Final Test - Easy

Kent Haruf
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Tie That Binds: A Novel Test | Final Test - Easy

Kent Haruf
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Clevis?
(a) Lyman and Edith's cousin.
(b) Sandy's neighbor.
(c) Edith's gentleman friend.
(d) Sandy's farm hand.

2. What did Sandy need to return to school to study in order to complete his degree?
(a) History.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Algebra.

3. How many months pregnant was Mavis when the car accident happened?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Nine months.

4. Toward the end of Chapter 9, who did Mavis say she was worried about?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Her baby.
(c) Edith.
(d) Lyman.

5. What does Sandy say Mavis dislikes about his personality?
(a) He is too eager to help people.
(b) He is bullheaded.
(c) He is arrogant.
(d) He is slow to understand.

6. What body part was either Buster or Barry missing?
(a) An eye.
(b) A leg.
(c) A finger.
(d) An ear.

7. What were John and Sandy doing when John died?
(a) Harvesting grain.
(b) Planting crops.
(c) Rounding up cattle.
(d) Feeding the cows.

8. How did Sandy feel when he saw Lyman again?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Confused.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

9. Toward the end of Chapter 9, what did Edith say she was looking forward to?
(a) Going shopping with Mavis.
(b) The day at the fair.
(c) Going on a trip with Lyman.
(d) Having Sandy's child come visit.

10. How old was Mavis during her first pregnancy?
(a) Thirty-three years old.
(b) Thirty-five years old.
(c) Thirty-seven years old.
(d) Thirty years old.

11. How did Sandy feel about his mother's announcement in 1952?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Devastated.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

12. What was Mavis' maiden name?
(a) Reynolds.
(b) Davis.
(c) Johnston.
(d) Pickett.

13. Who was with Sandy as he buried his father?
(a) Roy.
(b) Lyman.
(c) Leona.
(d) Edith.

14. What did Twyla tell Sandy and Clevis one night after a party?
(a) That she was moving to Denver.
(b) That she was dying.
(c) That she killed a man.
(d) That she was pregnant.

15. What did Wilbur Cox do for a living?
(a) Wilbur ran a bar.
(b) Wilbur sold insurance.
(c) Wilbur was a dentist.
(d) Wilbur was a farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sandy go to college?

2. How did Edith feel about Lyman's return home?

3. What did Lyman say he missed most while he was away?

4. In what year did Sandy graduate from high school?

5. After John's death, what did Sandy and Leona disagree about?

(see the answer keys)

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