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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) She tears the drawing room apart searching for her novel.
(b) She waits in the drawing room for him to return in order to confront him.
(c) She goes to the study, shuts the door and searches for her manuscript.
(d) She sits Beryl down and questions her about the manuscript.

2. 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 the papers have been misfiled, but once they are located, they will be sent to her.
(c) That it has been destroyed.
(d) That it will be sent by courier the following day.

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

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

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

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(b) They have a policy of destroying any unpublished manuscript left in their possession.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

7. When Fleur discovers her original manuscript missing, who does she first assume must have taken it?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Revisson Doe.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Lady Edwina.

8. Even though Fleur insists that she started her novel well before beginning her job at the Autobiographical Association, the publisher ignores her and refuses to publish it because:
(a) He and Sir Quentin are second cousins.
(b) He doesn't believe a young woman could be so creative, so Sir Quentin must be telling the truth.
(c) Sir Quentin is an important man.
(d) He has never cared for Fleur and wants to be rid of her.

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

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

11. How does Fleur suggest Lady Edwina act as her accomplice?
(a) 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.
(b) She suggests Edwina invite Dottie to dinner and then take a drive, giving the taxi driver wrong directions so they get lost.
(c) Pretend that she has fallen and call Dottie to take her to the hospital.
(d) Edwina should ask Dottie to help her begin her own autobiography, and insist that she begin that very evening.

12. How does Lady Edwina react upon receiving the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?
(a) She wanders off into the rain.
(b) She cannot stop crying and is begging for Fleur to come.
(c) She becomes catatonic.
(d) She is in laughing hysterics and asking for Fleur.

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

14. How does Fleur react when Sir Quentin informs her that his mother is not of sound mind and that she should disregard any promises made about an inheritance?
(a) She tells him he does not know his mother very well at all.
(b) She is despondent as she had been counting on Edwina's generosity.
(c) She is furious and tells him she would never take payment for friendship.
(d) She does not believe him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Fisher?

2. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?

3. Fleur realizes four things simultaneously in Chapter 7. She hears the sound of Beryl Tims heels approaching, Sir Quentin opening a deep drawer in his desk, the repetition in her mind of Sir Quentin's comment about her having delusions of grandeur, and what else?

4. What does Edwina say to Fleur when she goes to see her after learning Sir Quentin is out?

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

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