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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. In Chapter 2, what did Hannah Roscoe offer to Ada?

2. In Chapter 3, what did Roy berate his son over?

3. In which city did Lyman find a job after leaving the farm?

4. What does Sandy note that the man who approaches him can't figure out?

5. After Roy's accident, what did John send Roy's son to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edith decide not to marry John?

2. Why did John suspect that the barbed wire may be Roy's and not his own?

3. How did Ada and Roy come to live in Colorado?

4. What does Sandy say about the article that the Denver Post publishes?

5. What did the doctor do to help Roy, and what was the lasting effect of his accident?

6. Where did Lyman go after leaving Holt?

7. How did Lyman stay in touch with Edith after leaving her behind on the farm?

8. Who approaches Sandy Roscoe at the beginning of the book, and why?

9. How did Roy try to manipulate his daughter into refusing John's proposal?

10. What complaint did Roy make about John in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the antagonist of the novel "The Tie That Binds." What is an antagonist? Who is the antagonist of this novel? Why is he/she the antagonist? How does the antagonist affect the plot and the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrator of the novel, Sandy. What are his defining character traits? Is he a reliable narrator? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Haruf's use of the flashback. Is it an effective way to learn about the past before the novel's start?

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