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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sue sent because of her struggles against the orderlies?
(a) home to Mrs. Sucksby
(b) back to Mr. Lilly
(c) the soft room
(d) the common room

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Richard say when Maud accuses him of planning to murder her?
(a) that he is in love with her
(b) that Mrs. Sucksby would not like it
(c) that she is hallucinogenic
(d) that she has guessed correctly

8. Who finally greets Maud and Richard and dropping Sue off at the asylum?
(a) no one; they go to Richards empty home
(b) Maud's uncle
(c) the constable
(d) a white-haired woman in a black taffeta dress

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

10. How are Sue's struggles interpreted at the insane asylum?
(a) that she is a violent criminal
(b) as fits and convulsions
(c) that she has epilepsy
(d) that she is telling the truth

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

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

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

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman that examines Maud at the house to which Richard takes Maud?

2. After the cold water plunge, what happens to Sue's memory?

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

4. What does Maud give Charles for Sue when Charles comes to the door of Mrs. Sucksby's house?

5. How does Richard realize that Maud is falling in love with Sue?

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