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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The residents of the house where Sue is raised are ______________.
(a) mostly Asian
(b) college-bound students
(c) thieves
(d) all boys

2. What do Mr. Hawtrey and Mr. Huss have in common with Mr. Lilly?
(a) they fought together in the war
(b) they live in the same neighborhood
(c) they are brothers
(d) they all deal with pornography

3. Sue grew up in ________________.
(a) her grandmother's home
(b) Mrs. Sucksby's home
(c) an orphanage
(d) the local brothel

4. From what did Maud's mother really die?
(a) a broken heart
(b) giving birth to Maud
(c) suicide
(d) being murdered by her husband

5. What does Maud hate about her gloves?
(a) they go up to her elbow
(b) the fingers are too short for her
(c) the color
(d) when they get dirty or stained

6. What advice does Sue give to Maud about Maud's uncertainty?
(a) to follow her heart
(b) that Maud is silly because Richard is wonderful
(c) to not worry that married life is wonderful
(d) that Maud needs to buck up and accept the marriage

7. What does Sue teach Maud?
(a) how to groom a horse
(b) how to break into a safe
(c) dance steps and how to play cards
(d) the best way to pick a lock

8. The house where Christopher Lilly and Maud live is named ___________.
(a) Rainbow
(b) Fenerly
(c) Land's End
(d) Briar

9. Maud continues to ask Sue to _________________.
(a) read Maud fairy tales
(b) steal cookies from the kitchen for her
(c) sleep in the bed with her
(d) run errands into town

10. Gentleman arrives at Mrs. Sucksby home with an idea to _____________.
(a) fence stolen goods more efficiently
(b) marry Sue and teach her how to embezzle
(c) marry a wealthy girl and get her fortune.
(d) blow up the London subway

11. What color of gloves is worn by the gentleman who chooses to bring Maud to Briar?
(a) he does not wear gloves
(b) red
(c) black
(d) white

12. What symbolic event happens just as Richard and Maud return to the home after painting out of doors?
(a) the church bells ring
(b) fog moves in from the bog
(c) two turtle doves fly overhead
(d) a storm

13. What is the reason Maud believes her uncles will not allow her to marry Richard?
(a) her uncle believes Richard is a fortune hunter
(b) her uncle wants Maud to join a convent
(c) her uncle has already promised Maud to the neighbor
(d) her uncle needs Maud to work on indexing the books

14. What happens at the insane asylum?
(a) Maud kills herself when she learns where she is
(b) Maud and Richard wrestle in anger
(c) Sue learns she has been tricked and is to be left there
(d) Maud passionately declares her love for Sue

15. To what does Sue compare Maud's cheek?
(a) a ruddy duck
(b) a streetmap of veins
(c) a pearl
(d) an alabaster angel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sue do to encourage Maud to look favorably upon Richard?

2. Maud's uncle tells her that she has been brought to him, not to make a lady of her, but to be a ___________ to him.

3. Mrs. Sucksby __________ Sue's bed at home.

4. Mr. Ibbs deals in

5. To what does Richard introduce Maud as a ruse to have time alone with Maud?

(see the answer keys)

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