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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who comes to visit after Fleur arrives home that first evening?
(a) Both her lover, Leslie, and his wife, Dottie.
(b) Her landlord's wife, Mrs. Alexander.
(c) Sir Quentin.
(d) Beryl Tims.

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

4. After seven weeks, why does Sir Quentin tell Fleur he wants to take over editing the manuscripts?
(a) He sees that she is being overworked.
(b) He envies how much the group likes Fleur's writing.
(c) He feels it is his moral obligation to do so.
(d) He is not happy with her changes to the writing.

5. What does Fleur do with her companion at the party?
(a) They eat most of the food at the party.
(b) She convinces him to publish her next novel, sight unseen.
(c) They get heavily intoxicated.
(d) They dance, even though no music playing.

6. How does Fleur get rid of Maisie when she can tolerate her vapid conversation no longer?
(a) She feigns having to make a phone call.
(b) She suddenly remembers a meeting she must attend.
(c) She intimates that a secret lover may be stopping by.
(d) She begins coughing and indicates her flu might be returning.

7. Who begins taking Sunday afternoon walks with Fleur and Lady Edwina?
(a) Mrs. Alexander.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Solly Mendelsohn.
(d) Dottie.

8. What had Sir Quentin tried to do with the members' manuscripts before Fleur got to work on them?
(a) He had tried only to polish the writing, leaving the stories intact.
(b) He had not had a chance to do anything with the manuscripts, which is why he hired Fleur.
(c) He had tried to make their boring lives seem distinguished and important.
(d) He had tried to insert adventure where none existed.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Why had Fleur never thought highly of Gray Mauser before their conversation at the pub?
(a) He had been exceedingly rude to Fleur when they'd first met.
(b) Because she and Dottie had become friends, she felt protective of Dottie.
(c) He had, in essence, taken Leslie away from her.
(d) He is so quiet that she had little about him to think much of.

15. How does Fleur view Leslie's infidelity?
(a) She feels sorry for him and believes he is unable to cope with his own problems.
(b) She believes he is unfaithful to Dottie because Dottie is so unattractive.
(c) She wishes he would leave his wife and marry her.
(d) She thinks his ego is overblown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dottie describe Fleur's character, Marjorie?

2. Sir Quentin says that Lady Edwina is asleep when the first meeting ends, so Fleur does not take her out for dinner. When does she next see Edwina?

3. How does Fleur feel after this visit with Gray?

4. What does Dottie accuse Fleur of when Fleur seems displeased at her connections to the group?

5. Fleur lives surrounded by books, yet does not consider herself a bibliophile. Why not?

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