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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 what year did Leona and John get married?

2. What does the reporter ask Sandy in regards to the Goodnough fire?

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

4. In Chapter 4, what did Roy go out to the barn to do?

5. In Chapter 1, what lands on the reporter's shirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edith keep gum in her apron pockets?

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

3. How is Roy Goodnough described in the first three chapters of the book?

4. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?

5. What does the reporter ask Sandy, which prompts Sandy to kick him off his land?

6. How did Ada and Hannah become friends?

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

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

9. What happened to Ada in 1914, and how did Roy seem to feel about it?

10. Why did John and Sandy take Lyman to the train station in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist of the novel. What is a protagonist? Who is the protagonist of "The Tie That Binds"? What are her defining character traits?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Haruf's use of metaphors in the novel ""The Tie That Binds." What is a metaphor? What are some examples of metaphors in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Edith and John. What did they feel for one another? Why were they unable to get married? How did this affect Edith? How did this affect John?

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