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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 Agnes' parting admonishment to Maud?
(a) to remember to wash her gloves every night
(b) to be careful when riding her horse
(c) that Maud will not be able to abuse Richard as easily as Maud abused Agnes
(d) to say her prayers and include Agnes in them

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

3. Why do Maud and Mrs. Sucksby move towards Richard holding the knife?
(a) to help him escape
(b) to protect him from Sue
(c) to catch him before he flees
(d) because he threatens to tell Sue the truth

4. What does Mrs. Sucksby do right after Marianne Lilly gives birth?
(a) switches Marianne Lilly's baby with that of another baby
(b) smothers the baby
(c) murders Marianne Lilly
(d) writes Marianne Lilly's father about the birth

5. Why is Sue returned to the soft room?
(a) because she is still insisting that she is not Maud
(b) because the hates the t.v. shows being shown in the common room
(c) because she asks for privacy
(d) because she keeps hitting other patients

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Maud clearly remember the trip?

2. How are Sue's struggles interpreted at the insane asylum?

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

4. What does the two of hearts signify in fortune telling?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Maud and Richard's wedding night.

2. How does Sue feel about Maud, who was partially responsible for Sue being in the asylum?

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

4. What changes Maud during the night after the outing and what does Maud do about it?

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

6. What does Sue learn when she observes Lant house from across the street and how does she react to this information?

7. What are the key developments in this chapter?

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

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

10. Describe Maud and Sue's first interaction.

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