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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maud is ______________________when Sue goes in to her the next morning.
(a) talkative and curious
(b) remorseful
(c) excited and joyful
(d) seemingly out of place in her own skin

2. What is Maud's main reservation about this plan?
(a) leaving home
(b) lying to her uncle
(c) the idea of committing Sue to an insane asylum for life
(d) marrying Richard

3. What do the "doctors" do?
(a) declare that Maud is still a virgin
(b) paint Maud's portrait
(c) sign papers to committ Maud to an insane asylum
(d) say that Richard is the insane one

4. When Sue awakens the first morning at Briar, she notices that ___________.
(a) Everyone is outside watching the Queen arrive.
(b) No one has reset the clock to daylight savings time.
(c) Coffee and doughnuts are on her bedside table.
(d) There is evidence of water damage on the ceilings and walls.

5. Richard Rivers upsets Maud by asking her about what?
(a) her plans to travel to the United States
(b) her mother's madness
(c) her dog that just died
(d) the novel she is writing

Short Answer Questions

1. Who performs the marriage ceremony?

2. What do Mr. Hawtrey and Mr. Huss have in common with Mr. Lilly?

3. What does Sue do to encourage Maud to look favorably upon Richard?

4. Sue and Maud spend the rest of the afternoon _______________.

5. What bewilders Maud when she arrives at Briar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the effect of her uncle's training upon Maud.

2. What are Sue's impressions of Maud?

3. What does Sue do to introduce Maud to some normal activities and why does she do so?

4. What happens when Richard, Sue and Maud arrive at the insane asylum?

5. What are the circumstances of Sue's mother's death?

6. What does Sue realize about Maud and what does Sue do about this realization?

7. What happens in this chapter that foreshadows what happens at the insane asylum?

8. Briefly describe Sue's trip and arrival at Briar.

9. How does Maud feel about this plan and what does she ultimately decide to do?

10. How is Maud the morning after her wedding night?

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