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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Alexander keep insisting that Fleur move into a larger room in the his boarding house?
(a) He has another boarder who wants Fleur's room.
(b) Her room is overcrowded with books, papers and the evidence of constant visitors.
(c) He knows she is considering a roommate and will need more space.
(d) His wife cannot stand Fleur and wants to charge her more rent.

2. 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.

3. 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 becomes unusually quiet.
(b) Dottie suddenly claims it was getting late, and abruptly leaves.
(c) Dottie stops knitting but says nothing.
(d) She agrees that Sir Quentin seems to inspire the members to follow him.

4. How does Fleur define the word 'frankness?'
(a) As what most communication in these modern times is missing.
(b) As the only way friends should communicate.
(c) As a code word for speaking too freely.
(d) As a euphemism for rudeness.

5. Fleur lives surrounded by books, yet does not consider herself a bibliophile. Why not?
(a) She only borrows from the library rather than purchase books for her own.
(b) She collects books by the hundreds but rarely reads them all the way through.
(c) She is only interested in books for the content, not for their rarity or value.
(d) She only collects books of poetry.

6. How does Dottie react to Fleur's novel, now that it is completed?
(a) She says that Theo and Audry haven't found a single error and adore the story.
(b) She tells her she loves it.
(c) she tells her it is a sick novel and that Theo and Audrey agree.
(d) She says that it is brilliant but confusing.

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

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

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

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 made slight improvements in the stories, but the authors did not want any modifications.
(c) She edits them by hand before beginning to type them out.
(d) She interviews each author in order to get a better feel for their stories.

11. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?
(a) The flat where the meetings are held became the setting for the book.
(b) It is not; it was already developed before she started working there.
(c) Sir Quentin becomes her muse for the title character.
(d) All of the Association members become the various victims of Chase in the novel.

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

13. Why hadn't four of the Association members come to recent meetings?
(a) They have been traveling out of the country.
(b) Fleur suspects Sir Quentin is up to something devious to control the group.
(c) They have writer's block and don't wish to attend meetings until they are writing again.
(d) They have each decided they do not like Sir Quentin's timeline for the memoirs.

14. Why is Fleur initially so pleased with her new employer and his assistant?
(a) Because she realizes that they all have many interests in common.
(b) Because they welcome her warmly and make her feel right at home.
(c) Because she sees much in their mannerisms and behaviors that will be useful in creating characters in her book.
(d) Because they agree to allow her time to work on her own writing during the day.

15. How had her main character, Warrender Chase, distinguished himself before the events of the novel begin?
(a) He had rescued a woman from a burning building.
(b) He had an exemplary war record.
(c) He had uncovered a plot to embezzle millions from the Bank of England.
(d) He started a charity to care for war orphans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the characters in Fleur's novel most resembles Lady Edwina?

2. After seven weeks, why does Sir Quentin tell Fleur he wants to take over editing the manuscripts?

3. Who takes care of Fleur when she is ill?

4. Fleur mentions a bad writing habit of Leslie's and asks Dottie to warn him of it in his novel. How does Dottie respond?

5. What happens to the first publisher who offered Fleur a contract for Warrender Chase?

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