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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is a member of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Baronne Clotilde du Loiret.
(b) Mrs. Winston.
(c) Father Edward Douglas.
(d) Lady Bernice Gilliam.

2. What is the title of the novel Leslie has begun writing?
(a) One is Never Enough.
(b) Both Ways.
(c) My Double-Edged Life.
(d) Two Ways.

3. How did Fleur get Lady Edwina to behave during her first meeting of the Association?
(a) She promises to take her to dinner as soon as the meeting was over.
(b) She offers to bring her sweets when she comes in the following day.
(c) She offers to take her shopping for a new gown.
(d) She promises to read the memoirs to her as they are finished.

4. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?
(a) Fleur believes she has a demon inside her that rejoices in seeing people not just as they are, but more and more of how they are.
(b) Through a confrontation with him, Fleur can upset his superior-acting wife.
(c) She believes by confronting him, she can convince him to lower her rent.
(d) Fleur knows a confrontation would upset him, and she might have a good laugh at his discomfiture.

5. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) Fleur's rooming house, making it easy to walk to work.
(b) The BBC building, where Fleur has always wanted to work.
(c) A pub, where she and her friends meet after work.
(d) The hotel in which she interviewed with Sir Quentin.

6. Who interrupts this meeting between Maisie and Fleur?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Gray Mauser.
(c) Lady Edwina.
(d) Solly Mendelsohn.

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

8. Why does Fleur say she prefers writing fictionally over biographically?
(a) She finds fantasy much more interesting than real life.
(b) She has yet to meet anyone interesting enough about whom to write.
(c) She hates doing factual research.
(d) All the characters and the order of events are entirely up to her imagination.

9. Where did Fleur first meet and interview with Sir Quentin?
(a) In the lobby of the Berkeley Hotel.
(b) In the sitting room of her boarding house.
(c) In the offices of the Autobiographical Association.
(d) At a local pub.

10. What does Fleur decide to do with the manuscripts when she begins typing them out?
(a) As she tried to make sense of them, she made changes to make them worse.
(b) She edits them by hand before beginning to type them out.
(c) She interviews each author in order to get a better feel for their stories.
(d) She made slight improvements in the stories, but the authors did not want any modifications.

11. What about Lady Edwina does Fleur particularly like in the beginning?
(a) Her opinions about the various memoirs.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her thoughtful, kind demeanor.
(d) Her grand entrances and extraordinary statements.

12. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?
(a) Leslie.
(b) An unknown caller.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Dottie.

13. How does Dottie behave when she comes down with the flu?
(a) More relaxed and much less an "English Rose."
(b) Whiny and needy like a small child.
(c) Angry at the whole world.
(d) Melancholy and distant.

14. How does Dottie initially react to the members of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) She immediately begins making friends.
(b) She tries to turn them against Fleur in retaliation for her affair with Leslie.
(c) She is put off by their enormous egos.
(d) She feels alienated, as she had not yet written anything.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur manage to attend one of Bucks Gilbert's parties?

2. Who does Sir Eric Findlay believe is no longer of sound mind?

3. What does Maisie tell Fleur the ex-priest had said about her?

4. 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?

5. How does Maisie Young react to Fleur's room when she first visits?

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