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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Hawtrey do when Maud appears in his store?
(a) he hires a coach to take her to a place where she can eat and sleep
(b) he introduces Maud to his wife and daughters
(c) he has the police arrest her for trespassing
(d) he contacts Mr. Lilly

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

4. What does Maud find so humorous when she observes Richard and Sue together?
(a) that Richard is pretending to be conspiring with Sue
(b) that Sue is five inches taller than Richard
(c) that Richard kisses Sue
(d) that Sue believes Richard is in love with her

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

6. After Richard's arrival, Maud resumes her ___________________.
(a) painting lessons
(b) riding lessons
(c) grieving for her mother
(d) reading to her uncle

7. What does Sue call Maud, which surprises Maud?
(a) your ladyship
(b) your majesty
(c) a good girl
(d) a mean person

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

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

10. What does Maud steal from her uncle's bedroom while he is asleep?
(a) his razor and watch chain
(b) another picture of her mother
(c) the money laying on his dresser
(d) one of his pornographic books

11. What is Agnes' parting admonishment to Maud?
(a) that Maud will not be able to abuse Richard as easily as Maud abused Agnes
(b) to say her prayers and include Agnes in them
(c) to remember to wash her gloves every night
(d) to be careful when riding her horse

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

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

14. What are Sue's plans for Maud when Sue finds her?
(a) to expose the truth of what Maud did to Sue
(b) to tell Maud that Sue is the real Maud Lilly
(c) to ask Maud to run away with her
(d) to murder Maud

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Maud's diamond brooch?

2. To whom does Mr. Hawtrey compare Maud?

3. About what does Maud daydream?

4. What does Maud think is possible after the money is claimed?

5. What does Maud do with a razor?

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