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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maud give Sue one of her dresses?
(a) Maud has too many dresses in her closet
(b) Maud wants Sue to look nice for the Gentleman
(c) Maud is tired of seeing Sue in the same dress all the time
(d) Maud had ripped that dress and didn't want it

2. What color of gloves is worn by the gentleman who chooses to bring Maud to Briar?
(a) he does not wear gloves
(b) black
(c) red
(d) white

3. Sue agrees to help Gentleman by becoming a ____________ to the rich, young woman.
(a) hairdresser
(b) teacher
(c) companion
(d) maid

4. What does Sue do to encourage Maud to look favorably upon Richard?
(a) uses a stacked deck of cards to tell Maud's fortune
(b) tells Maud how kind Richard is
(c) hints that Sue will be forced to marry someone terrible otherwise
(d) describes Richard's immense wealth

5. Why is Charles, the knife boy, beaten?
(a) for forgetting to polish the silver
(b) for using a paring knife to carve a wooden dog
(c) for weeping over the departure of Richard
(d) for sharpening the wrong side of a knife

6. What does Sue do to the dress Maud gives her?
(a) hands it back to Maud
(b) alters and wears it
(c) tosses it out the window
(d) rips it and stomps on it

7. Maud wakes in the middle of the night and is ________________.
(a) restless
(b) talkative
(c) thirsty
(d) frightened

8. What does Maud's uncle teach her?
(a) how to set a proper table
(b) how to read and write Italian
(c) the financial aspect of the manor
(d) All about bindings, type fonts, paper, and ink

9. What is the name of Maud's maid?
(a) Jill
(b) Ursula
(c) Heddy
(d) Agnes

10. What is Maud's main reservation about this plan?
(a) the idea of committing Sue to an insane asylum for life
(b) marrying Richard
(c) lying to her uncle
(d) leaving home

11. What does Sue do with a single glove of Maud's that Sue finds?
(a) keeps it for a momento
(b) burns it in the fireplace
(c) hides it under the bed
(d) gives it to Maud and admonishes her for losing the match to it

12. Sue's work at the Lillys' will make Sue and Mrs. Sucksby ____________.
(a) rich
(b) happy
(c) criminals
(d) closer

13. When Maud returns to her room that night, what does Sue expect?
(a) Maud to fire her
(b) Maud to speak of her love for Richard or of the kiss
(c) Maud and she to play gin rummy
(d) Maud to announce her engagement to Richard

14. What will Richard offer Sue for her agreement to participate in his and Maud's scheme?
(a) twenty pounds a month for life
(b) half of the money they gain
(c) a small portion of Maud's inheritance
(d) a job in their household for better pay

15. What does Maud do when the two of hearts falls on the floor?
(a) picks it up and gives it to Sue
(b) steps on it
(c) spits on it
(d) ignores it

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Maud, Sue and Gentleman (Richard) make their escape?

2. What do the "doctors" do?

3. Mrs. Sucksby tells Sue that Sue's mother would be _________ of what Sue is going to do at the Lillys' house.

4. Mr. Ibbs is a ____________________.

5. What does Maud confess to Sue as Sue readies Maud for the marriage bed?

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