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

3. What do Gray Mauser and Fleur discuss when they visit a pub together?
(a) How he might break off his relationship with Leslie.
(b) How angry she was feeling toward Sir Quentin.
(c) Why silk ties might be sex symbols.
(d) His troubles with Leslie, who had gone to Ireland with Dottie.

4. To what does Fleur compare the members of the Association by the end of January, 1950?
(a) Old married couples, constantly arguing with each other.
(b) The children she sees chattering on the way to school each morning.
(c) The bombed-out buildings still found along some London streeets.
(d) Good pets, willing to follow their master anywhere.

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

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

7. Who does Dottie begin to confide in about her husband?
(a) Beryl Tims.
(b) Sir Quentin.
(c) Lady Edwina.
(d) Sir Eric Findlay.

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

9. Who is Revisson Doe?
(a) Solly's oldest friend.
(b) A new publisher.
(c) Sir Quentin's nephew.
(d) A character Fleur is saving for her next novel.

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

11. What romance is introduced in Chapter 4?
(a) Fleur and Solly.
(b) Solly and Lady Edwina.
(c) Beryl Sims and Sir Quentin.
(d) Dottie and an unnamed lover.

12. Fleur mentions a bad writing habit of Leslie's and asks Dottie to warn him of it in his novel. How does Dottie respond?
(a) She becomes angry that Fleur has an intimate knowledge of his writing style.
(b) She begins to cry and changes the subject back to Fleur and the Association.
(c) She agrees to mention it to him.
(d) She believes Fleur is wrong and decides not to mention it to Leslie.

13. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?
(a) She is unpleasant and manipulative.
(b) She is devilishly argumentative.
(c) She is beautifully awful.
(d) She is rotund and plain.

14. How does Dottie describe Fleur's character, Marjorie?
(a) She says she is evil and not very womanly.
(b) She wonders why Marjorie is so homely.
(c) She calls her sly and troublesome.
(d) She says she is too much a vixen.

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