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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 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.

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

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

4. Who does Fleur see for the last time as she leaves Sir Quentin's drawing room?
(a) Lady Bernice, looking upset and disheveled.
(b) The ex-priest, looking angry and vindictive.
(c) Solly Mendelsohn, looking euphoric.
(d) Lady Edwina, looking sad and confused.

5. When Fleur discovers her original manuscript missing, who does she first assume must have taken it?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Lady Edwina.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Revisson Doe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the problem Fleur's publisher calls her in to discuss?

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

3. What does Fleur do with her companion at the party?

4. How had her main character, Warrender Chase, distinguished himself before the events of the novel begin?

5. What does Fleur see in Sir Quentin's drawer?

(see the answer key)

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