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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. What was Mavis' maiden name?

3. What does Sandy say Lyman always dressed in after returning home?

4. After John's death, what did Sandy and Leona disagree about?

5. What were John and Sandy doing when John died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Leona announce in 1952?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What activities were Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman said to often do together?

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

10. What was Sandy's educational standing at the end of his fourth year of college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of dependence in the novel "The Tie That Binds." Who depends on whom? How does this affect the characters who have others who are dependent on them? Discuss Lyman's and Roy's dependence on Edith. How does this affect Edith?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrator of the novel, Sandy. What are his defining character traits? Is he a reliable narrator? Why or why not?

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