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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the implication of Mrs. Sucksby saying, "my own dear girl."
(a) that Maud is Mrs. Sucksby's biological daughter
(b) that Mrs. Sucksby plans to adopt Maud
(c) that Mrs. Sucksby is blind and thinks Maud is Sue
(d) that Mrs. Sucksby is trying to calm Maud and be a substitute mother

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

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

4. 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

5. What does Charles bring Sue the next week?
(a) two letters from Maud
(b) a key blank and file
(c) five thousand pounds of her inheritance
(d) a pardon from the Queen

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

7. 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 orders Maud to scream softly
(d) he smears his blood on the sheets and rattles the bed

8. About what does Maud daydream?
(a) a life in London
(b) rescuing her mother from the asylum
(c) traveling to Italy with Richard
(d) having her own mansion

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

10. What does Maud do with a razor?
(a) slits her uncle's throat
(b) slits her wrists because she has changed her mind about the plan
(c) destroys a number of her uncle's pornographic books
(d) murders Sue

11. How does Richard get Maud into the gardens?
(a) by asking permission of Mr. Lilly
(b) by saying it's time for Maud to paint nature
(c) by helping her climb down the trellis
(d) by promising her a kiss

12. Who takes responsibility for the murder?
(a) Sue
(b) Maud
(c) Charles, the knife boy
(d) Mrs. Sucksby

13. When is Marianne Lilly's will to be opened?
(a) after Richard is arrested
(b) upon Sue's 18th birthday
(c) right after Marianne Lilly dies
(d) upon the marriage of Maud

14. Who cuts open Maud's bag to examine the contents?
(a) Mr. Hawrly
(b) Mrs. Sucksby
(c) John Vroom
(d) Richard

15. While Maud grows thinner and paler, Sue ___________________.
(a) worries about Maud dying
(b) looks healthier each day
(c) eats Maud's meals
(d) gives Maud small doses of arsenic

Short Answer Questions

1. Who devised the entire scheme about the inheritance?

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

3. How does Mrs. Sucksby explain Sue's continued absence?

4. What happens to Richard?

5. What does Maud decide to do about her situation?

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