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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. What does Mr. Hawtrey do when Maud appears in his store?
(a) he contacts Mr. Lilly
(b) he hires a coach to take her to a place where she can eat and sleep
(c) he introduces Maud to his wife and daughters
(d) he has the police arrest her for trespassing

2. Who does Maud decide to turn to for help?
(a) the Queen
(b) Mr. Hawtrey
(c) Charles the knife boy
(d) Mr. Lilly

3. What does Maud want to do when Sue is in the bed next to her?
(a) scream and yell that Sue is raping her
(b) reach out and touch Sue
(c) smother Sue with her pillow
(d) confess the plan to Sue

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

5. Who does Sue see through the upper story window in Mrs. Sucksby's house?
(a) Mr. Lilly
(b) John Vromm
(c) Richard
(d) Mrs. Sucksby and Maud

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sue's plans for Maud when Sue finds her?

2. How does Maud get Sue to make love to Maud?

3. Why was Mrs. Sucksby Marianne Lilly's midwife?

4. What does Sue find on the floor of the soft room?

5. Why does Maud have to learn enough about life in the Borough?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maud learn when she demands to know where she is when arriving at Mrs. Sucksby's house?

2. How does Maud react to being at the house on Lant Street and how does Richard react to Maud's accusations?

3. What does Maud give to Sue and what does that foreshadow?

4. How does Sue begin her return to sanity and eventual escape?

5. When Richard returns from London, what must Maud commit herself to doing in the time left before her escape?

6. What does Maud think about as she readies for her escape from Briar?

7. What happens when Maud finally escapes?

8. Why does Richard suggest to Mr. Lilly that Richard teach Maud to paint?

9. What is Mrs. Sucksby's reaction to Maud's return?

10. What story about Maud does Richard and Mrs. Sucksby reveal to Maud?

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