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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. What did Wilbur Cox do for a living?

2. Why did Mavis and Edith insist on staying at the fair for a longer length of time?

3. What was Buster and Barry's surname?

4. In which month did Roy die?

5. In what year did Lyman return home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Sandy tell about the Wellrights?

2. Who did John arrange to lease the Goodnough land, and why?

3. Why does Sandy say he is not proud of the decade that followed his mother's remarriage?

4. What did Mavis and Edith tease Lyman about at the county fair?

5. What did Sandy fear would happen if Mavis held her baby?

6. What did Leona announce in 1952?

7. What did Mavis say about Edith and Lyman while on the Ferris Wheel?

8. What 'joke' did Twyla tell Clevis and Sandy one night after a party?

9. After Roy's death, what did Edith decorate her house with?

10. When Mavis decided it was time to get married, what did she tell Sandy to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the passage of time throughout the novel "The Tie That Binds." How does Haruf depict the passage of time? How does the lengthy time period affect the reader's perception of the characters and the events that take place in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "The Tie That Binds." Discuss the Goodnoughs and the Roscoes. Are these families functional? Why or why not? What are some examples of familial relations?

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