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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who serves as the primary comic relief in the early part of the book?
(a) Lady Edwina.
(b) Sir Eric Findlay.
(c) Fleur Talbot.
(d) Mr. Alexander.

2. Sir Quentin offered Fleur wages of a "1936 vintage, and this was 1949, modern times." Why did she accept the position?
(a) For the promise of a totally new experience.
(b) Sir Quentin promised to help find a publisher for her novel.
(c) She had been unemployed for so long that she was on the brink of losing her room.
(d) Sir Quentin promised to raise her wages if she proved herself worthy after the first week.

3. Why does Mr. Alexander keep insisting that Fleur move into a larger room in the his boarding house?
(a) He has another boarder who wants Fleur's room.
(b) Her room is overcrowded with books, papers and the evidence of constant visitors.
(c) His wife cannot stand Fleur and wants to charge her more rent.
(d) He knows she is considering a roommate and will need more space.

4. What does Fleur decide to do with the manuscripts when she begins typing them out?
(a) As she tried to make sense of them, she made changes to make them worse.
(b) She interviews each author in order to get a better feel for their stories.
(c) She edits them by hand before beginning to type them out.
(d) She made slight improvements in the stories, but the authors did not want any modifications.

5. Why does member Maisie Young walk with a limp?
(a) She only pretends to have a limp to make her story more interesting.
(b) She was born with one leg shorter than the other.
(c) She suffered from polio as a young child.
(d) Because she lost the use of her leg in a horseback riding episode.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is supposed to happen to the memoirs being written by the members of the Autobiographical Association?

2. What did Fleur add to the first chapter of Sir Eric Findlay's story?

3. Fleur realizes in the first chapter that one of her senses has a more keen memory than the others. Which one is it?

4. How does Fleur view Leslie's infidelity?

5. Lady Edwina behaves erratically with Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims. What are the symptoms of her supposed dementia?

(see the answer key)

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