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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a member of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Lady Bernice Gilliam.
(b) Mrs. Winston.
(c) Baronne Clotilde du Loiret.
(d) Father Edward Douglas.

2. How does Dottie describe Fleur's character, Marjorie?
(a) She says she is evil and not very womanly.
(b) She says she is too much a vixen.
(c) She wonders why Marjorie is so homely.
(d) She calls her sly and troublesome.

3. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) Fleur's rooming house, making it easy to walk to work.
(b) A pub, where she and her friends meet after work.
(c) The hotel in which she interviewed with Sir Quentin.
(d) The BBC building, where Fleur has always wanted to work.

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

5. What does Dottie accuse Fleur of when Fleur seems displeased at her connections to the group?
(a) Trying to steal the ideas of the members for her own work.
(b) Being jealous of her superior writing skills.
(c) Being jealous that she is getting close to them.
(d) Trying to undermine Sir Quentin's work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Fleur initially so pleased with her new employer and his assistant?

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

3. Why does Fleur say she prefers writing fictionally over biographically?

4. How far back in time must Fleur go to tell us the story of the Autobiographical Association?

5. What does Lady Edwina say when her new nurse collects her from the Association meeting in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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