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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. Why is Sue returned to the soft room?

2. Maud's gloves have _____________________.

3. What does Sue call Maud, which surprises Maud?

4. How does Richard contrive to be able to see and talk to Maud every day?

5. When does Maud clearly remember the trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mrs. Sucksby's reaction to Maud's return?

2. Briefly describe Sue's experience in the insane asylum.

3. How does Maud react to being at the house on Lant Street and how does Richard react to Maud's accusations?

4. Why does Richard suggest to Mr. Lilly that Richard teach Maud to paint?

5. What are the key developments in this chapter?

6. What happens when Maud finally escapes?

7. What changes Maud during the night after the outing and what does Maud do about it?

8. When Richard returns from London, what must Maud commit herself to doing in the time left before her escape?

9. What happens when Richard, Maud and Sue are out on the grounds and Richard observes Maud watching Sue sleep?

10. How does Sue feel about Maud, who was partially responsible for Sue being in the asylum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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