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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Fleur leave her job and write full-time?
(a) Because she has become close to Lady Edwina.
(b) Because she needs the money and the job has caught her interest.
(c) Because she continues to mine the manuscripts for ideas.
(d) Because she needs to be around the people on whom she has based some of her characters.

2. 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 made slight improvements in the stories, but the authors did not want any modifications.
(c) She interviews each author in order to get a better feel for their stories.
(d) She edits them by hand before beginning to type them out.

3. How does Fleur feel after this visit with Gray?
(a) Jealous that he has been so involved with Leslie.
(b) Her rage has subsided and she believes him much more sane than any members of the Association.
(c) Worried that Gray might do himself harm.
(d) Glad that Leslie has returned, at least temporarily, to Dottie.

4. How does Fleur react to Dottie's criticism of the character, Marjorie, in her book?
(a) She bursts into tears and asks Dottie to leave.
(b) She agrees with Dottie and decides she must rewrite the character.
(c) She becomes depressed, believing that perhaps she is not a good writer, after all.
(d) She becomes very angry and tears up her manuscript, sending Dottie home.

5. When Fleur first reads to Dottie from Warrender Chase, what is Dottie's reaction?
(a) She raves about what a fine writer Fleur has become.
(b) She is confused by the plot line and can't keep the characters straight.
(c) She accuses Fleur of stealing ideas from the group.
(d) She thinks the funeral scene is too cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur get rid of Maisie when she can tolerate her vapid conversation no longer?

2. What is the single sentence, overheard by Fleur in restaurant, that had inspired her novel?

3. Who interrupts this meeting between Maisie and Fleur?

4. What is Beryl Tims' primary task during the meetings of the Autobiographical Association?

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

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