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

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

3. Why does Maud have to learn enough about life in the Borough?
(a) to be able to impersonate Sue before lawyers
(b) so she will feel comfortable living there
(c) so she can take care of Mrs. Sucksby
(d) in case there is not money, she can steal for a living

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

5. What is the implication of Mrs. Sucksby saying, "my own dear girl."
(a) that Mrs. Sucksby plans to adopt Maud
(b) that Mrs. Sucksby is blind and thinks Maud is Sue
(c) that Mrs. Sucksby is trying to calm Maud and be a substitute mother
(d) that Maud is Mrs. Sucksby's biological daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sue have to do before she is released from the asylum?

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

3. Where does Maud run to when she escapes Mrs. Sucksby's house?

4. What is Agnes' parting admonishment to Maud?

5. What does Mrs. Sucksby do right after Marianne Lilly gives birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maud and Richard's wedding night.

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

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

4. What happens when Maud and Richard walk into the house on Lant Street?

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

6. What does Sue say to Maud the first night she is in the bed with Maud and what is Maud's reaction?

7. How is Sue's experience at the insane asylum similar to that of Maud at her uncle's house?

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

9. Describe Maud and Sue's first interaction.

10. What does Maud do with the razor she stole from her uncle?

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