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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lady Edwina feel about being solicited as an accomplice?
(a) She tries to refuse, but Fleur implores her.
(b) She agrees, with much trepidation.
(c) She agrees, with a gleam in her eye.
(d) She giggles hysterically, thrilled for the adventure.

2. Who does Dottie tell Fleur that she enjoys sleeping with, even though she just explained earlier that doing so is a sacrifice?
(a) Sir Quentin.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Fleur's friend Wally.
(d) Revisson Doe.

3. Fleur calls her publisher again asking for the manuscript of Warrender Chase. Why do they tell her it was destroyed?
(a) Due to Sir Quentin's concerns of libel, they thought it best that it no longer existed.
(b) It was on his desk for her to take; when she did not, they assumed she did not want it.
(c) It was destroyed by mistake by a new employee.
(d) They have a policy of destroying any unpublished manuscript left in their possession.

4. How does Sir Quentin explain Mrs. Wilks' ranting?
(a) Hints that she might be suffering from a chronic illness.
(b) Says she had personal problems that had recently upset her.
(c) He indicates that her family has a history of mental illness.
(d) Says she'd been fasting too strictly.

5. With her manuscript missing, what does Fleur fears that it could be in anyone's hands, being put to any sort of use. What is her other concern about it at this point?
(a) That she will be left penniless if someone takes it and publishes it
(b) That she will be embarrassed if the libel charge becomes public.
(c) That if no copy any longer exists, Warrender Chase has ceased to exist.
(d) That without it, she will lose the inspiration to continue writing.

6. Who does Fleur phone to come help her and Lady Edwina search for the manuscript?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Solly.
(d) Theo and Audrey.

7. What is the primary reason Fleur feels so indignant about being accused of libeling the Autobiographical Association?
(a) She formulated her characters and plot before she began working for Sir Quentin.
(b) She was very careful to change enough details that the characters, though similar, did not represent the members.
(c) The events in her story are vastly different from the events that have happened within the Association.
(d) To her, none of the characters seem overly similar.

8. What is Fleur's greatest concern upon learning the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?
(a) That her novel is unfolding in real life.
(b) That this is only the first of many unsettling events.
(c) That she will no longer have a job.
(d) Whether or not she should send her concern in a card or simply make a phone call.

9. Fleur tells Sir Quentin that she knows he plagiarized her novel and plans to sue him. How does he respond?
(a) He says that if Lady Edwina did not care so much for her, he'd get rid of her himself.
(b) He laughs her off and tells her she must be completely mad.
(c) He breaks down and confesses, asking how they can reach some sort of agreement.
(d) He insists that scribbling on a novel is why she was unable to do her job well and that it is he who will sue.

10. In the novel's present day, Fleur lives in Paris. Who has just been there to visit her?
(a) Egbert Delaney, recently released from rehabilitation after exposing himself in the park.
(b) Dottie, her current husband and the ugliest children Fleur has ever seen.
(c) Maisie Young, who runs a successful vegetarian restaurant.
(d) Solly Mendelsohn, on holiday from Hampstead Heath.

11. What is that Fleur realizes Sir Quentin has been giving the Association members?
(a) Dexedrine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Opium.
(d) Whiskey.

12. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?
(a) Change her name to Miss Davids in her documents so the Trotskyites won't find and assassinate her.
(b) Come with her to buy new clothing that fits.
(c) Make sure the secret agents don't find her.
(d) Help her rewrite her latest chapter as she is not happy with it.

13. How does Sir Quentin try to justify his behavior to Fleur?
(a) He says that he is a much better leader than John Henry Cardinal Newman ever was.
(b) He says that if John Henry Cardinal Newman can form a group of spiritual followers, then so can he.
(c) He says that John Henry Cardinal Newman told him to form a group of followers and carry on his work.
(d) He says that he just wants to be loved, and the Association members give him the devotion he craves.

14. As a child, Fleur remembers having had to write a series of maxims in her copy book. These included: "Necessity is the mother of invention," "all is not gold that glistens," "honesty is the best policy" and what else?
(a) "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
(b) "Discretion is the better part of valor."
(c) "A stitch in time saves nine."
(d) "A fool and his money are soon parted."

15. What happens between Fleur and her publisher after he tells her he cannot publish her novel?
(a) She never sees him again.
(b) She tells him that Sir Quentin has stolen her book.
(c) She takes him to court for breach of contractual obligation.
(d) She weeps about impending failure, and he finally changes his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what grounds has Sir Quentin threatened to sue for libel?

2. What does Fleur do when they can not find her manuscripts?

3. Where does Fleur find her manuscript after arriving at Dottie's flat?

4. Lady Edwina lived until she was 98 years old. She'd outlived her son and inherited his wealth; who inherited her fortune when she died?

5. One of the characters in Warrender Chase also commits suicide, and it is attributed to the character having been driven mad. What is supposed to have driven her mad?

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