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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 murders her
(c) he makes it look as though she has scarlet fever
(d) he writes a false letter saying she is needed by her mother

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is John Vroom sent out to get for Maud to cheer her up?
(a) a bird in a cage
(b) Sue from the insane asylum
(c) chocolate almond fudge ice cream
(d) a greyhound puppy

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

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

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

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

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

13. What happens to Richard?
(a) Maud divorces him
(b) he is stabbed to death
(c) he is arrested for murdering Sue
(d) he is given money from Maud's inheritance

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the place that the coach takes Maud?

2. What happens to Maud's diamond brooch?

3. What does Richard say in his letter to Maud from London?

4. What is Agnes' parting admonishment to Maud?

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

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