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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Fleur add to the first chapter of Sir Eric Findlay's story?
(a) She had him ride the rockinghorse with the butler rather than the nanny.
(b) She portrayed him as being locked in a cupboard polishing silver while his nanny rode his rockinghorse with the butler.
(c) She wrote about the butler stealing his rockinghorse to punish young Eric after he fell off and broke his nose.
(d) She wrote that his parents took his favorite rockinghorse away when he rode it without permission.

2. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?
(a) Through a confrontation with him, Fleur can upset his superior-acting wife.
(b) She believes by confronting him, she can convince him to lower her rent.
(c) Fleur knows a confrontation would upset him, and she might have a good laugh at his discomfiture.
(d) Fleur believes she has a demon inside her that rejoices in seeing people not just as they are, but more and more of how they are.

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

4. How does Fleur feel about her name?
(a) That it was hazardously bestowed upon her at birth, before anyone know how she would turn out.
(b) She believes that she has blossomed over time and grown until her name fits.
(c) That because she believes herself to be relatively attractive, hers is a fitting name.
(d) That she'd have been better off named Joy or Gloria or Angela.

5. Which character becomes more important to the story in Chapter 3?
(a) Beryl Tims.
(b) Mr. Alexander.
(c) Dottie.
(d) The ex-priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hadn't four of the Association members come to recent meetings?

2. What does Dottie first write when she joins the Association?

3. How does Fleur feel when Sir Quentin decides to take over the manuscript editing?

4. Sir Quentin says that Lady Edwina is asleep when the first meeting ends, so Fleur does not take her out for dinner. When does she next see Edwina?

5. How much progress have the members of the Autobiographical Association made when Fleur begins her employment?

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