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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. Where did John tell Sandy about his courtship with Edith?

2. What did Roy hate about harvest time?

3. In Chapter 4, what did Roy go out to the barn to do?

4. What does Sandy correct the reporter about in Chapter 1?

5. Why did Lyman ask John for a ride to town in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Edith decide not to marry John?

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

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

5. How did Roy try to manipulate his daughter into refusing John's proposal?

6. How did Ada and Hannah become friends?

7. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?

8. Where did Lyman go after leaving Holt?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss conflict in the novel "The Tie That Binds." What are some examples of conflict in the novel? How are these conflicts resolved? Do they have any lasting effects on the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character Lyman. What are Lyman's defining character traits? What is his role or purpose in the novel?

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