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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Richard want to get rid of Agnes?
(a) So Sue could take her place
(b) so Maud could escape
(c) because he was afraid of her exposing them
(d) because he was jealous of her and Maud

2. Maud wonders if she will be a _____________ wandering the halls of Briar.
(a) lesbian
(b) happily married woman
(c) ghost
(d) lonely woman

3. What does Sue have to do before she is released from the asylum?
(a) tell the doctor about Richard's plot
(b) write an accounting of her life
(c) ask the nurses' forgiveness
(d) have a lobotomy

4. To whom does Marianne Lilly leave her fortune?
(a) to be divided equally between Sue and Maud
(b) to Mrs. Sucksby
(c) to whomever will marry Maud
(d) to the Salvation Army

5. What does Richard say when Maud accuses him of planning to murder her?
(a) that he is in love with her
(b) that she has guessed correctly
(c) that she is hallucinogenic
(d) that Mrs. Sucksby would not like it

Short Answer Questions

1. What card falls out when Sue is telling Maud her fortune?

2. During the day before their escape, Maud and Sue visit ______________.

3. What happens to Richard?

4. After Richard's arrival, Maud resumes her ___________________.

5. What does Mr. Hawtrey do when Maud appears in his store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maud give to Sue and what does that foreshadow?

2. What happens when Richard, Maud and Sue are out on the grounds and Richard observes Maud watching Sue sleep?

3. What happens when Maud finally escapes?

4. What does Maud do with the razor she stole from her uncle?

5. How does Maud react to being at the house on Lant Street and how does Richard react to Maud's accusations?

6. What are the key developments in this chapter?

7. What changes Maud during the night after the outing and what does Maud do about it?

8. How does Sue begin her return to sanity and eventual escape?

9. What does Maud learn when she demands to know where she is when arriving at Mrs. Sucksby's house?

10. How is Sue's experience at the insane asylum similar to that of Maud at her uncle's house?

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