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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who devised the entire scheme about the inheritance?
(a) Sue's aunt
(b) Mrs. Sucksby
(c) John Vroom
(d) the Gentleman

3. What do Sue and Maud pack for the trip?
(a) Maud's clothing and jewerly
(b) a picnic basket
(c) bedding
(d) nothing; they must escape unburdened

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

5. What does Mr. Lilly say in a letter to Richard?
(a) that Richard is welcome to Maud and that she is a whore
(b) that he is hiring a lawyer to get Maud back
(c) that Maud plans to leave Richard
(d) that Sue is really Mr. Lilly's niece

6. What convinces Maud to continue with their plan about the inheritance and Sue?
(a) revenge at Sue for her forward behavior
(b) Richard's threat of exposure
(c) greed for money
(d) her love for Sue

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

8. What does Sue pawn to get money to rent a place across the street from Mrs. Sucksby's house?
(a) Maud's glove
(b) Charles' coat
(c) a ruby ring she stole from a nurse
(d) her diamond brooch

9. What does the two of hearts signify in fortune telling?
(a) a future trip
(b) imminent death
(c) a happy fortune
(d) a love relationship

10. What is the remedy for Sue's screaming in the asylum?
(a) a gag
(b) tying her to her bed
(c) removing her tongue
(d) the cold water plunge

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

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

13. What does Mrs. Sucksby do right after Marianne Lilly gives birth?
(a) smothers the baby
(b) switches Marianne Lilly's baby with that of another baby
(c) murders Marianne Lilly
(d) writes Marianne Lilly's father about the birth

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

15. What does Maud decide to do about her situation?
(a) to hire someone to murder Richard
(b) to hitch a ride back to Briar
(c) to return to Mrs. Sucksby's home on Lant Street
(d) to ask the local constable for help

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles bring Sue the next week?

2. To whom does Marianne Lilly leave her fortune?

3. What foreshadowing happens when Maud gives Sue one of her dresses?

4. How does Sue treat Maud?

5. Why did Richard want to get rid of Agnes?

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