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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Maud run to when she escapes Mrs. Sucksby's house?
(a) to find Mr. Hawtrey on Holywell Street
(b) back to her uncle's house
(c) to the police
(d) to the insane asylum to get Sue

2. How does Richard get rid of Maud?
(a) he writes a false letter saying she is needed by her mother
(b) he pays her to leave
(c) he murders her
(d) he makes it look as though she has scarlet fever

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

4. What card falls out when Sue is telling Maud her fortune?
(a) two of hearts
(b) jack of clubs
(c) ace of spades
(d) queen of hearts

5. What does Maud give Charles for Sue when Charles comes to the door of Mrs. Sucksby's house?
(a) a letter
(b) the folded two of hearts card
(c) a new dress
(d) money

6. Why do Maud and Mrs. Sucksby move towards Richard holding the knife?
(a) to protect him from Sue
(b) to catch him before he flees
(c) because he threatens to tell Sue the truth
(d) to help him escape

7. What does Sue think Maud's uncle is doing?
(a) keeping account books for the Duke
(b) compiling a dictionary
(c) writing a novel about the queen
(d) making a map of the known world

8. Why does Maud pass the day in a stupor?
(a) she has been drugged
(b) she is trying a new pill for depression
(c) she does not sleep well because the bed is hard
(d) she drinks vodka tonics all the time

9. How does Richard make it seem that he and Maud are making love?
(a) he moans loudly and says endearing words
(b) he orders Sue to watch them
(c) he smears his blood on the sheets and rattles the bed
(d) he orders Maud to scream softly

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

11. How does Mrs. Sucksby explain Sue's continued absence?
(a) she says that Sue married Mr. Lilly when he rescued her
(b) she says Sue had to go care for her cousin
(c) she says that Sue betrayed them and ran away with the money
(d) she says Sue comitted suicide

12. How does Sue use her playing cards?
(a) to play poker for money with the other servants
(b) to play solitaire at night
(c) to fan herself since it's so warm in the house
(d) to tell Maud's fortune

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

14. Who is the woman that examines Maud at the house to which Richard takes Maud?
(a) Sue's mother
(b) Maud's grandmother
(c) Mrs. Sucksby
(d) Maud's mother

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maud find it difficult to look at Sue?

2. What is the implication of Mrs. Sucksby saying, "my own dear girl."

3. Who visits Sue in the asylum?

4. What does Maud steal from her uncle's bedroom while he is asleep?

5. What does Maud refuse to do for Sue?

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