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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 is the name of the flowers Mrs. Cream gives to Maud?

2. Sue disagrees with Gentleman that Maud is ___________.

3. Gentleman arrives at Mrs. Sucksby home with an idea to _____________.

4. Sue was ___________ by the movie in question 8.

5. What color of gloves is worn by the gentleman who chooses to bring Maud to Briar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sue realize about Maud and what does Sue do about this realization?

2. Why does Sue tell Maud's fortune and what is Maud's reaction?

3. Describe Maud and Sue's escape to go meet Richard.

4. How does Gentleman prepare Sue for her part in the swindle?

5. What does the reader learn about the people Gentleman plans to swindle?

6. What happens in this chapter that foreshadows what happens at the insane asylum?

7. What does Maud ask of Sue and how does Sue respond?

8. What do Maud's gloves symbolize?

9. What does Richard know about Maud and tells her when he climbs up to her room?

10. What are the details of the plan Richard concocts to free Maud and get her inheritance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Taken into the depths of a strange city, at this moment, Maud has traded captivity by her uncle for captivity by Richard.

1. Do you think Maud's captivity by her uncle was worse than by Richard? Why or why not?

2. Does it seem to be Maud's destiny that she not be free? Why or why not?

3. What are some other ways, besides physical restraints that Maud has been held captive by her uncle?

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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