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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. Toward the end of Chapter 9, what did Edith say she was looking forward to?

2. What did Leona announce in 1952?

3. Why didn't John lease the Goodnough land?

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

5. Where did Sandy go to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edith call on Sandy in October of 1952?

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

3. Who were Clevis Stouffer and Twyla Thompson?

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

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

6. What story does Sandy tell about the Wellrights?

7. Why did Mavis and Edith insist on staying at the county fair later than planned?

8. What does Sandy say about his and Mavis' personalities?

9. What did Edith tell Sandy she was looking forward to towards the end of Chapter 9?

10. What did Leona announce in 1952?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 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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