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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 finds a lucky coin as she exits her courtyard, hidden in the grasses.
(c) She finds a lost football and returns it to a young boy, who grins at her with his whole being.
(d) She catches a football flying through the air, as if it had been thrown directly to her.

2. What happens when Dottie visited Fleur's room the evening after Fleur found her manuscript?
(a) They argue and Dottie throws whiskey on the copies Fleur is typing.
(b) Dottie tells Fleur that Sir Quentin is coming to retrieve the papers Fleur took from his flat.
(c) Dottie accuses Fleur of breaking into her flat and stealing a ream of paper.
(d) Fleur accuses Dottie of plagiarizing Warrender Chase.

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

4. Fleur has a job interview at the BBC, but does not get the job. Why, when she looks back, does she remember this fondly?
(a) She runs into a dear friend from childhood and they grow close after getting reacquainted.
(b) She decides halfway through the interview that she doesn't want to work there after all, and is bouyed by this realization.
(c) She meets the man there whom she will ultimately marry.
(d) Later she does get a job there, and the file from this interview is a source of much amusement.

5. What does Fleur realize when she gets home after learning from her publisher that he will not publish her novel?
(a) That perhaps she should use a pseudonym before trying to get anything else published.
(b) That if she renames the novel, she can simply take it to a new publisher.
(c) That the publisher has the only typescript of Warrender Chase.
(d) That Sir Quentin is right, and that she must admit her guilt.

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

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

8. What does Fleur receive the day after she sits in the graveyard and visits with the policeman?
(a) A letter from an American publisher wanting to publish Warrender Chase.
(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 a barrister informing her that she would be remitted by Sir Quentin's estate for his unlawful use of her material.

9. What does Lady Edwina do before Fleur leaves Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) She cries and hugs Fleur, fearful she will never see her again.
(b) She agrees to retrieve Fleur's pay and employment cards from Sir Quentin.
(c) She shoves an envelope into Fleur's pocket.
(d) She promises Fleur she will speak to Sir Quentin on Fleur's behalf.

10. On what grounds has Sir Quentin threatened to sue for libel?
(a) He insists she has included passages in the novel that are exact quotes from confidential conversations.
(b) He claims Fleur based her novel on the Association and cast him in an evil manner.
(c) He said that she has stolen pieces of their memoirs and changed them negatively.
(d) He states that the members are very upset with Fleur and he is only trying to pacify them.

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

12. Where does Fleur go after the reviews for Warrender Chase come out?
(a) London.
(b) Edwina's house.
(c) Wally's cottage.
(d) Paris.

13. 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 fool and his money are soon parted."
(b) "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
(c) "Discretion is the better part of valor."
(d) "A stitch in time saves nine."

14. Dottie finally realizes Fleur has stolen back the manuscript from her flat, and calls Fleur demanding to know how she got in. What does Fleur tell her?
(a) She told her that Leslie had given her a key long ago.
(b) She told her Gray gave her the key.
(c) She told her that she stole the key from Gray's house.
(d) Nothing, she just hangs up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Fisher?

2. 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?

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

4. Leslie's novel was published around the same time as Warrender Chase, and received feeble reviews. How is Warrender Chase received?

5. What does Fleur see in Sir Quentin's drawer?

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