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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 Edith spend the money Lyman sent her on?

2. After Lyman returned home, what did he and Edith do some work on?

3. How did Edith feel about Lyman's return home?

4. How did Sandy say he could ask Mavis' father for permission to marry?

5. What was the name of the bridge that marked where Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman got into a car accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. On the night of Lyman's return, what did he bring out from his suitcases?

6. What did Edith tell Lyman about the money she saved?

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

8. What worried Sandy about Mavis' first pregnancy?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship between Edith and her father, Roy; what conflicts did they face in their relationship? How did Roy treat Edith and how did she react to his behavior towards her?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the antagonist of the novel "The Tie That Binds." What is an antagonist? Who is the antagonist of this novel? Why is he/she the antagonist? How does the antagonist affect the plot and the other characters?

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