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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Maud clearly remember the trip?
(a) when they board the boat
(b) when Sue slaps her to stop her hysteria
(c) when they arrive at the country church
(d) when Sue is readying her for her marriage bed

2. After the cold water plunge, what happens to Sue's memory?
(a) she begins to believe she is Maud
(b) she asks for it again as a means to cool off
(c) she kills herself
(d) she has hypothermia

3. What does Maud think is possible after the money is claimed?
(a) that Maud will be allowed to return to Mr. Lilly
(b) that she will be murdered
(c) that Richard and Sue will marry
(d) that Richard will divorce her

4. What does Richard say in his letter to Maud from London?
(a) that he is being held in jail for theft
(b) that he has changed his mind
(c) that he is impatient to get on with their plans
(d) that he has fallen in love and married another woman

5. What is the place that the coach takes Maud?
(a) a home for destitute gentlewomen
(b) a luxurious motel
(c) Buckingham Palace
(d) the train station to send her to her uncle

6. How does Mrs. Sucksby react when Maud grabs a baby and threatens to kill it?
(a) with indifference
(b) with anger
(c) terrified
(d) astonished

7. What does Sue find on the floor of the soft room?
(a) a knife to kill herself with
(b) one of Maud's gloves
(c) money
(d) a black widow spider

8. How does Richard introduce Sue and Maud to the doctors?
(a) he tells them Maud is his sister and Sue is the maid
(b) he tells them that Maud is his wife and Sue his mistress
(c) he says Sue is his wife and Maud is the maid
(d) he tells them that both women are his sisters

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

10. Why was Mrs. Sucksby Marianne Lilly's midwife?
(a) because Mrs. Sucksby is the best midwife in London
(b) because she is Marianne Lilly's aunt
(c) because Marianne Lilly paid her a huge sum
(d) because Marianne Lilly is unmarried

11. What foreshadowing happens when Maud gives Sue one of her dresses?
(a) a maid mistakes Sue for Maud
(b) Maud kisses Sue passionately
(c) Sue acts insane and slaps the maid for insolence
(d) Sue thinks of Maud's insane mother

12. How does Richard contrive to be able to see and talk to Maud every day?
(a) by climbing up the trellis to her room
(b) he offers to give her painting lessons
(c) by asking her uncle's permission
(d) he dresses as a maid who delivers her meals to her

13. What is John Vroom sent out to get for Maud to cheer her up?
(a) chocolate almond fudge ice cream
(b) a bird in a cage
(c) Sue from the insane asylum
(d) a greyhound puppy

14. What is wrong with Nurse Bacon?
(a) her legs are twisted from polio
(b) she has a broken hip
(c) she has had an ear cut off
(d) she has swollen and painful hands

15. What happens to Maud's diamond brooch?
(a) Richard gives it to his sister
(b) Mrs. Sucksby takes it
(c) she throws it away because it was fake
(d) Maud pawns it for money

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Maud daydream?

2. Who is the daughter of Marianne Lilly?

3. What does the two of hearts signify in fortune telling?

4. How are Sue's struggles interpreted at the insane asylum?

5. What does Sue have to do before she is released from the asylum?

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