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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are Warrender Chase's intentions in Fleur's novel?
(a) He wants a new lover without giving up his current mistress.
(b) She never reveals them, only the effects of his actions.
(c) He is trying to start a religious cult.
(d) He wants to be rid of his lovers altogether.

4. On whom did Fleur base the title character is Warrender Chase?
(a) He is based on Fleur's lover, Leslie.
(b) No one; the character was already developed before she met her new employer.
(c) He is based on Fleur's grandfather.
(d) He is based on Sir Quentin.

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

6. What does Dottie first write when she joins the Association?
(a) A piece about memories of her early childhood.
(b) A chapter about meeting Fleur.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A piece about her sufferings over Leslie.

7. Why does Revisson Doe agree to work with Fleur?
(a) He finds her oddly appealing and wants to get closer to her.
(b) He owes her old a friend a favor.
(c) He believes she has potential and that her future novels will be good.
(d) He believes that through Fleur, he can learn more about Sir Quentin.

8. 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 fears one day suffering from dementia and wants references to her past.
(b) She wants to use them as material for a future book.
(c) She suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(d) She has no explanation.

9. Why does member Maisie Young walk with a limp?
(a) She only pretends to have a limp to make her story more interesting.
(b) Because she lost the use of her leg in a horseback riding episode.
(c) She suffered from polio as a young child.
(d) She was born with one leg shorter than the other.

10. Fleur realizes in the first chapter that one of her senses has a more keen memory than the others. Which one is it?
(a) Her sense of taste.
(b) Her sight.
(c) Her hearing.
(d) Her sense of smell.

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

12. Who serves as the primary comic relief in the early part of the book?
(a) Mr. Alexander.
(b) Sir Eric Findlay.
(c) Lady Edwina.
(d) Fleur Talbot.

13. How do Gray and Fleur define the differences between men and women?
(a) Women are more sentimental, men more dependable.
(b) Women are more emotional, men are more practical.
(c) Men are more emotional, women are more practical.
(d) Men are more sentimental, women more dependable.

14. How does Dottie react when Fleur tells her that she thinks the entire Association has become obsessed with having Sir Quentin's approval?
(a) She agrees that Sir Quentin seems to inspire the members to follow him.
(b) Dottie stops knitting but says nothing.
(c) Dottie suddenly claims it was getting late, and abruptly leaves.
(d) She becomes unusually quiet.

15. 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?
(a) She is distracted by a new man in her life.
(b) Her interaction with Gray has distracted her, allowing her to remain calm.
(c) She confides in Beryl Tims that evil is afoot.
(d) Dottie convinces her she is imagining things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?

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

3. What was the first physical quirk Fleur noticed about Sir Quentin when they met?

4. What is supposed to happen to the memoirs being written by the members of the Autobiographical Association?

5. How does Fleur feel about her name?

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