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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. Part 1 is from __________ point of view.

2. How does Maud feel while waiting to sneak out and meet Richard?

3. Sue refashions stolen objects to ______________.

4. How do Maud, Sue and Gentleman (Richard) make their escape?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sue compare Maud to and what is the symbolic significance?

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

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

4. Why does Sue grow up in Mrs. Sucksby's home?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The forces surrounding Maud have now hardened her resolve to carry through the plan. Seeing these same events through Maud's eyes deepens the question, what is truth?

1. Do you think truth is always easy to know? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Sue is blinded to the truth about Maud? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Richard appears to get what he wants by obscuring, bending or hiding the truth. Do you think what Richard does is difficult? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter 9 touches upon several key themes of the novel: what is goodness, what is innocence, what is truth.

1. Do you think Sue is more innocent than Maud, even being raised by criminals? Why or why not?

2. What are some ways that a child loses innocence in life? Use examples from your life and the book to support your definition.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 12, Maud has been given the information that will change her life, change her identity, change her self-perception, and will change her expectations.

1. Why do you think the information Maud is given can change her so much? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. How would you feel and what would you think if you suddenly found out everything you thought about yourself was false?

3. Why do you think someone finding out she/he had parents she didn't know about would change their self-perception?

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