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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fleur learn about the job at the Autobiographical Association?
(a) She overhears Sir Quentin discussing it at the public library.
(b) She reads about it in the local newspaper.
(c) A friend of Beryl Tims recommends her for the position.
(d) In a letter from a well-meaning friend who she can't really recall.

2. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?
(a) She is unpleasant and manipulative.
(b) She is beautifully awful.
(c) She is devilishly argumentative.
(d) She is rotund and plain.

3. By December of 1949, where is Fleur's primary focus?
(a) On figuring out what is going on in Leslie's life.
(b) On spying on Sir Quentin.
(c) On her novel, Warrender Chase, and an idea for a subesequent book.
(d) On coming between Dottie and Beryl Tims.

4. Why does Fleur begin taking Lady Edwina for the Sunday walks?
(a) Lady Edwina reminds Fleur of her own mother.
(b) Sir Quentin offers to pay her extra to take Lady Edwina off his hands.
(c) Because no one is available to care for Lady Edwina at that time, and because she genuinely likes her.
(d) Beryl Tims gives up part of her pay to Fleur so that she can have Sundays off.

5. Who comes to visit after Fleur arrives home that first evening?
(a) Her landlord's wife, Mrs. Alexander.
(b) Both her lover, Leslie, and his wife, Dottie.
(c) Beryl Tims.
(d) Sir Quentin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of secret meetings does Warrender Chase hold in the novel?

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

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. Why does Revisson Doe agree to work with Fleur?

5. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?

(see the answer key)

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