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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

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) In a letter from a well-meaning friend who she can't really recall.
(d) A friend of Beryl Tims recommends her for the position.

2. What explanation does Fleur give for keeping all the letters she receives, including those from a book store to which she owed money?
(a) She wants to use them as material for a future book.
(b) She has no explanation.
(c) She suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(d) She fears one day suffering from dementia and wants references to her past.

3. How does Dottie describe Leslie's novel?
(a) Very good, very deep and basically autobiographical.
(b) A troubled fantasy about what can never be.
(c) A comic depiction of his life.
(d) Very funny, very real and quite touching.

4. How does Fleur manage to attend one of Bucks Gilbert's parties?
(a) She is invited as an Association employee.
(b) She is unofficially employed to take coats and pass out food.
(c) She attends as the guest of Sir Eric.
(d) She and Solly crash the party.

5. To what does Fleur compare the members of the Association by the end of January, 1950?
(a) The children she sees chattering on the way to school each morning.
(b) Good pets, willing to follow their master anywhere.
(c) The bombed-out buildings still found along some London streeets.
(d) Old married couples, constantly arguing with each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who serves as the primary comic relief in the early part of the book?

2. How is Fleur able to control her panic as she sees more evidence that Sir Quentin is acting out a devious plan on the members?

3. What do Maisie and Fleur discuss during that first visit?

4. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?

5. How does Fleur view Leslie's infidelity?

(see the answer key)

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