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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sue pawn to get money to rent a place across the street from Mrs. Sucksby's house?
(a) Maud's glove
(b) her diamond brooch
(c) a ruby ring she stole from a nurse
(d) Charles' coat

2. How does Sue treat Maud?
(a) with contempt
(b) indifferently
(c) roughly
(d) with kindness and gentleness

3. What happens to Maud's diamond brooch?
(a) Mrs. Sucksby takes it
(b) she throws it away because it was fake
(c) Maud pawns it for money
(d) Richard gives it to his sister

4. How does Richard get rid of Maud?
(a) he writes a false letter saying she is needed by her mother
(b) he makes it look as though she has scarlet fever
(c) he murders her
(d) he pays her to leave

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sue and Maud pack for the trip?

2. What is wrong with Nurse Bacon?

3. Who takes responsibility for the murder?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sue learn when she observes Lant house from across the street and how does she react to this information?

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

5. Describe the murder of Richard.

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

7. Describe Maud and Sue's first interaction.

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

9. Why is it ironic that Maud eats and drinks at Mrs. Sucksby's house?

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

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