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

2. In Chapter 4, when Sandy talks about Edith crying, how many more times does he say she would cry in her lifetime?

3. What is the man wearing who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1?

4. When Roy and Ada first arrived at their land, what was Roy's first order of business?

5. How many years are said to have passed without anything of note happening to the Goodnoughs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edith keep gum in her apron pockets?

2. Why does Sandy think Roy chose the plot of land that he did?

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

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

5. What does the reporter ask Sandy, which prompts Sandy to kick him off his land?

6. How did Ada and Hannah become friends?

7. Who approaches Sandy Roscoe at the beginning of the book, and why?

8. What did the doctor do to help Roy, and what was the lasting effect of his accident?

9. What happened to Ada in 1914, and how did Roy seem to feel about it?

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

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 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 setting of the novel. How does the setting of "The Tie That Binds" help to illustrate or convey the themes and motifs of the novel?

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