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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Gentleman's alleged real name?

2. What is the name of the flowers Mrs. Cream gives to Maud?

3. What does Sue do with a single glove of Maud's that Sue finds?

4. Sue was ___________ by the movie in question 8.

5. To what does Richard introduce Maud as a ruse to have time alone with Maud?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Maud ask of Sue and how does Sue respond?

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

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

8. What are Sue's impressions of Maud?

9. What is Gentleman's plan?

10. What is Maud's response to Richard's marriage proposal and how does Sue respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sue feels sorry for Maud, and the future that awaits her in the madhouse. Yet Sue remains resolute in her plan to assist Gentleman in his plot to destroy her.

1. Why do you think Sue is still planning to destroy Maud even though she feels sorry for her?

2. Do you think that destroying Maud will make Sue a totally bad person? Why or why not?

3. Do you think if you were poor you could do what Sue plans to do? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Taken into the depths of a strange city, at this moment, Maud has traded captivity by her uncle for captivity by Richard.

1. Do you think Maud's captivity by her uncle was worse than by Richard? Why or why not?

2. Does it seem to be Maud's destiny that she not be free? Why or why not?

3. What are some other ways, besides physical restraints that Maud has been held captive by her uncle?

Essay Topic 3

The reader begins to see the gloved hands as symbolic of the cocoon of isolation and control in which Maud has been wrapped by her uncle. They become symbolic of her innocence.

1. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think anyone in modern America could be conned the way Maud is being conned? Why or why not?

3. How much blame for what is happening, and will happen to Maud, do you think should be assigned to her uncle? Explain your answer.

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