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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 body part was either Buster or Barry missing?
2. How long does Sandy say the happiness continued after Lyman's return home?
3. What were John and Sandy doing when John died?
4. How did Sandy raise money for Twyla?
5. When did Mavis decide it was time for her and Sandy to marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Edith call on Sandy in October of 1952?
2. Who did John arrange to lease the Goodnough land, and why?
3. After John's death, what did Sandy and Leona argue about?
4. What 'joke' did Twyla tell Clevis and Sandy one night after a party?
5. When Mavis decided it was time to get married, what did she tell Sandy to do?
6. Why does Sandy say he is not proud of the decade that followed his mother's remarriage?
7. What did Edith tell Lyman about the money she saved?
8. What worried Sandy about Mavis' first pregnancy?
9. What story does Sandy tell about the Wellrights?
10. Why did Mavis and Edith insist on staying at the county fair later than planned?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the motif of duty. Who does the protagonist feel dutiful towards, and why? Did Lyman feel dutiful towards anyone? How does Edith's sense of duty affect her path in life?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of dependence in the novel "The Tie That Binds." Who depends on whom? How does this affect the characters who have others who are dependent on them? Discuss Lyman's and Roy's dependence on Edith. How does this affect Edith?
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