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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 card falls out when Sue is telling Maud her fortune?

2. What is wrong with Nurse Bacon?

3. Why do Maud and Mrs. Sucksby move towards Richard holding the knife?

4. Maud wonders if she will be a _____________ wandering the halls of Briar.

5. What are Sue's plans for Maud when Sue finds her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maud give to Sue and what does that foreshadow?

2. How does Richard get Agnes out of the house?

3. Describe the murder of Richard.

4. What story about Maud does Richard and Mrs. Sucksby reveal to Maud?

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

6. How does Sue begin her return to sanity and eventual escape?

7. What does Maud do with the razor she stole from her uncle?

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

9. What does Maud think about as she readies for her escape from Briar?

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

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 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 2

In Chapter 6, the juxtaposition of appearance and truth and of knowledge and ignorance become fuller and more important.

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

2. Why do you think the appearance of a situation does not always reflect the truth of a situation? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. When someone is ignorant of the truth of a situation, do you think she/he should make any decisions about that situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sue understood, from her first time in the theater, that there are bad people and good people and people that could go either way.

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

2. Describe a person you think is "bad." Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Describe a person you think is "good." Use examples from the book to support your answer.

4. Describe a person you think might be good or bad. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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