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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maud think is possible after the money is claimed?
(a) that Richard and Sue will marry
(b) that she will be murdered
(c) that Maud will be allowed to return to Mr. Lilly
(d) that Richard will divorce her

2. What are Sue's plans for Maud when Sue finds her?
(a) to tell Maud that Sue is the real Maud Lilly
(b) to expose the truth of what Maud did to Sue
(c) to ask Maud to run away with her
(d) to murder Maud

3. How does Richard realize that Maud is falling in love with Sue?
(a) he hears the two of them making love one night
(b) he hears Maud confess her love to Sue
(c) he observes Maud watching Sue sleep while on an outing
(d) he slaps Maud and makes her tell him

4. How does Richard get Maud into the gardens?
(a) by promising her a kiss
(b) by helping her climb down the trellis
(c) by saying it's time for Maud to paint nature
(d) by asking permission of Mr. Lilly

5. Where does Maud run to when she escapes Mrs. Sucksby's house?
(a) to the insane asylum to get Sue
(b) to the police
(c) back to her uncle's house
(d) to find Mr. Hawtrey on Holywell Street

6. After Richard's arrival, Maud resumes her ___________________.
(a) grieving for her mother
(b) painting lessons
(c) reading to her uncle
(d) riding lessons

7. What do Sue and Maud pack for the trip?
(a) nothing; they must escape unburdened
(b) Maud's clothing and jewerly
(c) a picnic basket
(d) bedding

8. What happens to Richard?
(a) he is arrested for murdering Sue
(b) he is given money from Maud's inheritance
(c) Maud divorces him
(d) he is stabbed to death

9. To whom does Marianne Lilly leave her fortune?
(a) to the Salvation Army
(b) to whomever will marry Maud
(c) to Mrs. Sucksby
(d) to be divided equally between Sue and Maud

10. How are Sue's struggles interpreted at the insane asylum?
(a) that she is a violent criminal
(b) that she has epilepsy
(c) as fits and convulsions
(d) that she is telling the truth

11. Who is the daughter of Marianne Lilly?
(a) Marianne Lilly daughter died at a young age
(b) Marianne Lilly has no daughter
(c) Maud
(d) Sue

12. What card falls out when Sue is telling Maud her fortune?
(a) two of hearts
(b) queen of hearts
(c) ace of spades
(d) jack of clubs

13. What does Sue have to do before she is released from the asylum?
(a) tell the doctor about Richard's plot
(b) have a lobotomy
(c) write an accounting of her life
(d) ask the nurses' forgiveness

14. To whom does Mr. Hawtrey compare Maud?
(a) Clarissa
(b) Queen Elizabeth I
(c) Helen of Troy
(d) Galatea, a nymph sculpted in marble

15. Who visits Sue in the asylum?
(a) Mrs. Sucksby
(b) Mr. Lilly
(c) Mr. Hawtrey
(d) Charles, the knife boy from Briar

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Sue's arrival momentarily distresses Maud?

2. What happens to Maud's diamond brooch?

3. What does the two of hearts signify in fortune telling?

4. Where is Sue sent because of her struggles against the orderlies?

5. Why does Maud find it difficult to look at Sue?

(see the answer keys)

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