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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 appliance did Lyman and Edith purchase?

2. Where did Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman sometimes go for drinks and dancing?

3. Who leased the Goodnough land?

4. What game did Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman often play together?

5. What ride did Mavis, Sandy, Lyman, and Edith ride at the fair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Edith and Sandy feel about Lyman's return in 1961?

4. What worried Sandy about Mavis' first pregnancy?

5. What did Leona announce in 1952?

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

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

8. In spite of his objections, what did Sandy do for his mother when she decided to remarry?

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

10. When, where, and how did John die?

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 character Lyman. What are Lyman's defining character traits? What is his role or purpose 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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