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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dottie initially react to the members of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) She tries to turn them against Fleur in retaliation for her affair with Leslie.
(b) She is put off by their enormous egos.
(c) She immediately begins making friends.
(d) She feels alienated, as she had not yet written anything.

2. What does Edwina say to Fleur when she goes to see her after learning Sir Quentin is out?
(a) "Maybe it was not suicide after all."
(b) "Suicide is such an ugly event. My entire week has been ruined."
(c) "Suicide. Just like the woman in your novel."
(d) "Suicide. Too young for such a tragic death."

3. How does Fleur feel when Sir Quentin decides to take over the manuscript editing?
(a) She was angry because she loved the work.
(b) She is glad to be rid of it because they'd started writing about their romantic adventures.
(c) She was disappointed because the members liked her work.
(d) She didn't care one way or the other.

4. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?
(a) To the Coroner's Inquest.
(b) To see the attorney for the Association.
(c) To the morgue.
(d) To visit the relatives of the deceased.

5. Why does Fleur say she prefers writing fictionally over biographically?
(a) She finds fantasy much more interesting than real life.
(b) All the characters and the order of events are entirely up to her imagination.
(c) She hates doing factual research.
(d) She has yet to meet anyone interesting enough about whom to write.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur react to Dottie's criticism of the character, Marjorie, in her book?

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

3. 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?

4. How does Dottie describe Leslie's novel?

5. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?

(see the answer key)

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