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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 Clevis run away to after hearing Twyla's news?

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

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

4. How did Sandy feel about his mother's announcement in 1952?

5. Why did Mavis and Edith insist on staying at the fair for a longer length of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mavis say about Edith and Lyman while on the Ferris Wheel?

2. After John's death, what did Sandy and Leona argue about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Sandy say about his and Mavis' personalities?

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 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 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?

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