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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. Who is the housekeeper at Briar?

2. Richard Rivers upsets Maud by asking her about what?

3. What proves that the marriage has been consummated?

4. What is Richard's real plan to do with Sue after the hoax is complete?

5. What does Maud confess to Sue as Sue readies Maud for the marriage bed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Sue's impressions of Maud?

3. What happens in this chapter that foreshadows what happens at the insane asylum?

4. Describe how Maud's uncle claimed her at the insane asylum.

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

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

7. Describe a little of Maud's early memories.

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

9. Describe the effect of her uncle's training upon Maud.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this important chapter, the reader learns who Maud is, what she is like, and what forces and factors have made her who she is. She has been held captive in a dismal house and forced to read pornography to her uncle and his friends.

1. Did Maud revealing much of her early background change your opinion of her from Chapter 6? Why or why not?

2. Maud has been taken from a loving environment and thrown into, what seems like hell, to an eleven year old girl. Do you think the experiences at her uncle's house affected her more than the first eleven years of her life with loving nurses? Why or why not?

3. Given what Maud suffers at her uncle's house is she justified to do to Sue what she did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sue's description of being lulled into a daze in the asylum must be compared to Maud's life at Briar. Once the comparison is made, the reader must see that the boredom, the sameness of routine, the darkness of their surroundings lull both Sue and Maud into a sort of dazed and complacent compliance.

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

2. Compare what is happening to Sue with what you have heard of people held in a long term hostage situation.

3. Explain what you think you would feel and do if you were in Sue's situation.

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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