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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 is the man wearing who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 4, what was Edith putting in the bowl into which Roy dropped something?

3. What does Sandy say Edith never cried over?

4. Where did Roy Goodnough and Ada Twamley get married?

5. What brand of automobile did Lyman favor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?

2. On what condition did Roy allow John and Edith to date?

3. What happened after John and Roy had an argument that came to blows in Chapter 6?

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

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

6. What did John see in the field as he and Sandy drove past the Goodnough farm in Chapter 6?

7. Who did John meet and marry after Edith refused his proposal?

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

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

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

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 the friendships in the novel. What examples of friendship are in the novel? How do these friendships help the protagonist overcome and deal with the issues she struggles with throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of escape that is found throughout the novel "The Tie That Binds." Why did the protagonist wish to escape, and from what? Why did she feel that she was unable to do so? What was Lyman escaping from when he left the farm? Why did he end up returning to the farm?

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