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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes care of Fleur when she is ill?
(a) Lady Edwina.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Solly.

2. Edwina takes Sir Quentin's death courageously, and afterward, does what?
(a) Destroys all of the autobiographies.
(b) Moves to Sir Quentin's house in the country.
(c) Asks Fleur to move into the flat.
(d) Leaves the flat and vows never to return.

3. Why does Dottie tell Fleur that she is upset?
(a) Because she cannot believe that Fleur will not stop seeing her husband.
(b) Because she learns that Leslie has had many lovers before Fleur.
(c) Because she believes Leslie has a new gay lover.
(d) She fears her husband is about to leave her for Fleur.

4. How does Fleur react about her book find when she shops for Maisie?
(a) She looks for more of the same kind of thing.
(b) She feels stunned, having not realized it was out there.
(c) She rejoices, feeling like she's met an old friend.
(d) She feels more curious than anything.

5. Dottie finally realizes Fleur has stolen back the manuscript from her flat, and calls Fleur demanding to know how she got in. What does Fleur tell her?
(a) Nothing, she just hangs up.
(b) She told her that she stole the key from Gray's house.
(c) She told her that Leslie had given her a key long ago.
(d) She told her Gray gave her the key.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fleur has been given pages from Sir Quentin's private diary. What does she find written there?

2. What does Fleur begin to notice toward the end of January, 1950?

3. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?

4. In Chapter 12, Fleur expands on her narration of the present, reminding us that she is relating the adventures with the Autobiographical Association from a future perspective. What is it that prompts the policeman in the graveyard, in the summer of 1950, to say to Fleur, "Loitering with Intent?"

5. Who interrupts this meeting between Maisie and Fleur?

(see the answer key)

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