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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 main subject of the books in Maud's uncle's library?

2. What do Mr. Hawtrey and Mr. Huss have in common with Mr. Lilly?

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

4. Maud cuts the grass around _____________.

5. Sue's mother was ________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Sue's impressions of Maud?

3. What is Gentleman's plan?

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

5. What is Sue's reaction to the play OLIVER TWIST and what does Mrs. Sucksby do?

6. How does Sue think of Maud while they are outside by Maud's mother's grave?

7. What are the circumstances of Sue's mother's death?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sue's journey back to Briar is made in the light. Maud has scraped the paint from the windows of the library to let in the light. In the light of the fire, truth has at last conquered the darkness and fog of ignorance.

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

2. Do you think the truth will always come out in life? Why or why not?

3. Do you think light and truth will always conquer darkness? Does good always triumph? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Though Maud does not yet know the extent and shape of Richard's deception, her journey through dark, winding alleys to a strange house in the slums foreshadows both the deception and the twisting developments in the final stages of implementing Richard's plan.

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

2. How does the movement through the dark, winding alleys reflect Maud's mental or spiritual darkening?

3. How has your perception of Maud changed from the first introduction of her to her passage through the dark alleys?

Essay Topic 3

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 a good person? How about Maud? Why or why not?

2. How would you define goodness? Use examples from your life and the book to support your definition.

3. Write a short essay about a person you know or know about who you believe has a basic goodness in them.

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