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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. Of what are Maud's gloves symbolic?

2. How does Richard describe Sue?

3. What will be Maud's financial state after marriage?

4. Why does Maud give Sue one of her dresses?

5. Sue believes Maud is __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Sue's trip and arrival at Briar.

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

3. What does Maud do after dinner?

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

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

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

7. What happens when Richard, Sue and Maud arrive at the insane asylum?

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

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

10. Who is the significant person introduced from Maud's point of view in Chapter 8 and what is his significance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Maud tries to silence Richard. Is her motive to protect Mrs. Sucksby? Is it to save Sue from the pain of knowing the true scheme and Mrs. Sucksby's indifference to her? Is it to ensure a share of Marianne Lilly's fortune that she could lose to Sue?

1. Why do you think Maud wants to silence Ricard? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. If you were Maud in this situation with Richard beginning to talk, what would you do?

3. Do you think Richard deserved to die due to his behavior and actions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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