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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fleur run into at the Gilbert party?
(a) An old friend, Wally McConnachie.
(b) Beryl Tims and Sir Quentin, together in public for the first time.
(c) Her landlords, the Alexanders.
(d) Leslie and Gray.

2. How does Fleur manage to attend one of Bucks Gilbert's parties?
(a) She attends as the guest of Sir Eric.
(b) She is unofficially employed to take coats and pass out food.
(c) She is invited as an Association employee.
(d) She and Solly crash the party.

3. What does Fleur do when they can not find her manuscripts?
(a) Steals all of Sir Quentin's files.
(b) Fills a bag with the all of the memoir manuscripts and takes them hostage.
(c) Collapses in desperation at having lost her novel.
(d) Turns Sir Quentin's office over as if it has been burglarized.

4. What does Fleur do with her companion at the party?
(a) They dance, even though no music playing.
(b) She convinces him to publish her next novel, sight unseen.
(c) They get heavily intoxicated.
(d) They eat most of the food at the party.

5. When she returns to Sir Quentin's flat after the suicide, Beryl Tims tells Fleur that Sir Quentin had to go out. What does Fleur do?
(a) She sits Beryl down and questions her about the manuscript.
(b) She waits in the drawing room for him to return in order to confront him.
(c) She tears the drawing room apart searching for her novel.
(d) She goes to the study, shuts the door and searches for her manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fleur say to Bucks Gilbert before she leaves?

2. Who does Dottie begin to confide in about her husband?

3. What does Fleur find when stops to get a book for Maisie?

4. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?

5. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?

(see the answer key)

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