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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fleur see for the last time as she leaves Sir Quentin's drawing room?
(a) Lady Bernice, looking upset and disheveled.
(b) Solly Mendelsohn, looking euphoric.
(c) Lady Edwina, looking sad and confused.
(d) The ex-priest, looking angry and vindictive.

2. Where does Sir Quentin decide to take the Association members?
(a) On a book tour just as soon as he can get the memoirs published.
(b) On a retreat to Northumberland to relax after all they've accomplished with their memoirs.
(c) On a retreat to Northumberland, because they are being persecuted in London.
(d) Into London for a night of celebration in honor of all they've written.

3. Fleur takes a weekend visit with Wally in his cottage, but is ultimately disappointed. He seems distracted by Warrender Chase, so she begins telling him about her next novel, in the hopes of driving it out. Why, then, is she disappointed?
(a) He can't stop talking about Warrender Chase and wondering if Sir Quentin will meet the same end.
(b) He gets so excited about her next book that he spends the weekend tossing her ideas for it.
(c) She had anticipated a romantic weekend and it turned out to be not nearly as romantic as she'd hoped.
(d) She can't get past her jealousy after seeing the remnants of a previous weekend for two.

4. 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?
(a) Lady Edwina eulogizes Sir Quentin just as Chase's mother eulogized him.
(b) Warrender Chase's followers all avoided his funeral, as did the members of the Autobiographical Association avoid Sir Quentin's.
(c) Revisson Doe comes to the funeral and quotes an exact passage from the end of the novel.
(d) Beryl Tims speaks, using nearly identical words to those of Charlotte in the book.

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

6. Leslie's novel was published around the same time as Warrender Chase, and received feeble reviews. How is Warrender Chase received?
(a) Positive reviews come out immediately.
(b) Warrender Chase is only mildly well-received, but her next novel does very well.
(c) The first reviews are tepid, but one good review is finally printed, and that seems to turn the tide.
(d) Nothing happens during the first two weeks, then suddenly positive reviews pour in.

7. Which of the Association members dutifully visits Sir Quentin's grave daily, and converses with him there?
(a) Eric Findlay.
(b) Clotilde du Loiret.
(c) Maisie Young.
(d) Mrs. Wilks.

8. When Fleur calls the publisher's office to ask for the typescript back, what is she told?
(a) That she will have to speak with the publisher directly, and he has gone for the day.
(b) That it has been destroyed.
(c) That the papers have been misfiled, but once they are located, they will be sent to her.
(d) That it will be sent by courier the following day.

9. 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?
(a) Her inability to give Warrender Chase an heir.
(b) Warrender Chase and his prayer meetings.
(c) Her unrequited love for Warrender Chase.
(d) Warrender Chase's infidelity.

10. What is the first thing Fleur does upon returning home with the bag from Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) Calls the police to alert them to her suspicions.
(b) Takes a long nap so that her mind is clear.
(c) Begins copying everything in the bag.
(d) Calls several friends to say she is in need of a job.

11. What does Fleur receive the day after she sits in the graveyard and visits with the policeman?
(a) A letter from a barrister informing her that she would be remitted by Sir Quentin's estate for his unlawful use of her material.
(b) A letter from Triad Press asking her to make an appointment with them right away.
(c) A phone call from a new publisher inquiring about her next novel.
(d) A letter from an American publisher wanting to publish Warrender Chase.

12. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?
(a) To the Coroner's Inquest.
(b) To the morgue.
(c) To visit the relatives of the deceased.
(d) To see the attorney for the Association.

13. 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) They have a policy of destroying any unpublished manuscript left in their possession.
(d) Due to Sir Quentin's concerns of libel, they thought it best that it no longer existed.

14. What does Sir Quentin inquire about Fleur's future?
(a) If she believes her novels will succeed.
(b) If she plans to live abroad.
(c) If she has any marital prospects.
(d) If she would like to become a member of the Association rather than merely an employee.

15. What does Fleur do, by chance, that sends her gracefully into the fullness of her years, on her way, rejoicing?
(a) She kicked a football that accidentally flies at her, right into a boy's expectant hands.
(b) She catches a football flying through the air, as if it had been thrown directly to her.
(c) She finds a lucky coin as she exits her courtyard, hidden in the grasses.
(d) She finds a lost football and returns it to a young boy, who grins at her with his whole being.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sir Quentin explain Mrs. Wilks' ranting?

2. Fleur and Wally are joined by Gray Mauser while they are out for evening. What does he tell them?

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

4. How does Lady Edwina react upon receiving the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?

5. How does Sir Quentin get Fleur to return to his flat?

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