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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. How does Maud's mother die?
(a) Jumping a log on her horse
(b) Hanging herself in the barn
(c) of typoid
(d) chokes on a pin she swallowed

2. What will Richard offer Sue for her agreement to participate in his and Maud's scheme?
(a) twenty pounds a month for life
(b) a job in their household for better pay
(c) half of the money they gain
(d) a small portion of Maud's inheritance

3. From what did Maud's mother really die?
(a) suicide
(b) a broken heart
(c) being murdered by her husband
(d) giving birth to Maud

4. Sue disagrees with Gentleman that Maud is ___________.
(a) kind
(b) boring
(c) stupid
(d) mean

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner, Maud _______________.

2. What weather element plays an important symbolic role in this section?

3. The staff of Briar benefits from ________________.

4. Who performs the marriage ceremony?

5. Why do the servants cut short their dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Maud and Sue's escape to go meet Richard.

3. What are the details of the plan Richard concocts to free Maud and get her inheritance?

4. How does Mrs. Sucksby respond to Sue's impending departure?

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

6. How does Richard prepare for committing Maud to the insane asylum?

7. What is the result of the lovemaking between Sue and Maud?

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

9. Why does Maud relate the story of her coming to Briar?

10. Who is the significant person introduced from Maud's point of view in Chapter 8 and what is his significance?

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