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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fleur suggest Lady Edwina act as her accomplice?
(a) She suggests Edwina invite Dottie to dinner and then take a drive, giving the taxi driver wrong directions so they get lost.
(b) Edwina should ask Dottie to help her begin her own autobiography, and insist that she begin that very evening.
(c) She asks Edwina to insist on Dottie as her caregiver for the evening, insist Dottie call a doctor and wet herself if she has to, to keep her away for three hours.
(d) Pretend that she has fallen and call Dottie to take her to the hospital.

2. When Fleur stays up all night going through her manuscript, what does she realize?
(a) She believes it is exactly right, and is glad she didn't change anything.
(b) She sees that it does bear some similarities to the Association and makes changes to avoid any hint of libel.
(c) She sees its shortcomings and begins typing revisions straight away.
(d) She sees its shortcomings, but decides to leave it as is rather than rewrite the entire book.

3. Where does Fleur find her manuscript after arriving at Dottie's flat?
(a) Under her four-poster bed.
(b) In the bottom of her black knitting bag.
(c) Arranged under the tea tray in the butler's pantry.
(d) In the bottom of her clothes cupboard.

4. 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 embarrassed if the libel charge becomes public.
(b) That she will be left penniless if someone takes it and publishes it
(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.

5. Fleur and Wally are joined by Gray Mauser while they are out for evening. What does he tell them?
(a) He tells them that the key to Leslie's flat is on his dresser.
(b) He tells them he will fight Dottie for Leslie's love upon his return.
(c) He tells them that he is no longer in love with Leslie.
(d) He tells them that Leslie and Dottie have gone off together to Italy.

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

7. Dottie comes to see Fleur when she returns to the city to tell her what?
(a) That Sir Quentin died alone in a car crash in the city.
(b) That Sir Quentin had succumbed to a massive heart attack, probably brought on by Dexedrine.
(c) That Sir Quentin died in a car crash on the way to his retreat.
(d) That Sir Quentin had been killed by Association members who realized he was trying to control them.

8. What does Fleur do when they can not find her manuscripts?
(a) Steals all of Sir Quentin's files.
(b) Collapses in desperation at having lost her novel.
(c) Fills a bag with the all of the memoir manuscripts and takes them hostage.
(d) Turns Sir Quentin's office over as if it has been burglarized.

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

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

11. Fleur believes she saw someone in Dottie's window the night before. Who is it?
(a) Solly Mendelsohn.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Revisson Doe.
(d) Sir Quentin.

12. Fleur's job has changed from altering the manuscripts to what?
(a) Handling Sir Quentin's business affairs, including composing letters that seem unnecessary.
(b) Handling all of the financial matters regarding the Association.
(c) Full-time monitoring of Lady Edwina.
(d) Writing her own memoirs.

13. Who does Fleur call for advice when she realizes she has no copy of her novel?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Lady Edwina.
(c) Solly.
(d) Leslie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When she returns to Sir Quentin's flat after the suicide, Beryl Tims tells Fleur that Sir Quentin had to go out. What does Fleur do?

2. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?

3. Sir Quentin's death is nearly identical to the death in her novel of the character Warrender Chase. How is this theme continued at his funeral?

4. What passage does Fleur find in Cellini, the book she sits down to read to ease her worries after she leaves Sir Quentin's flat?

5. When Fleur goes out with Wally, what does he tell her about Bucks Gilbert?

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