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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Fleur believe she should stay with her current job rather than find another as Wally encourages?
(a) She feels protective of Lady Edwina.
(b) She'd rather be interested in this job than happy in another.
(c) She believes she must figure out Sir Quentin.
(d) She has too much invested in the stories of the members.

2. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?
(a) With his new lover, a male poet.
(b) With Solly.
(c) With a young hairdresser with whom he has taken up.
(d) With Fleur.

3. What kind of secret meetings does Warrender Chase hold in the novel?
(a) A secret society of writers.
(b) Prayer meetings.
(c) An anonymous charitable organization.
(d) Liasons with his lover, Charlotte.

4. What does Sir Quentin inquire about Fleur's future?
(a) If she would like to become a member of the Association rather than merely an employee.
(b) If she plans to live abroad.
(c) If she has any marital prospects.
(d) If she believes her novels will succeed.

5. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?
(a) Come with her to buy new clothing that fits.
(b) Change her name to Miss Davids in her documents so the Trotskyites won't find and assassinate her.
(c) Help her rewrite her latest chapter as she is not happy with it.
(d) Make sure the secret agents don't find her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dottie initially react to the members of the Autobiographical Association?

2. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?

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

4. How does Dottie react to Fleur's novel, now that it is completed?

5. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?

(see the answer key)

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