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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who interrupts the argument between Fleur and Sir Quentin?
(a) Beryl Tims.
(b) Solly Mendelsohn.
(c) Dottie.
(d) Lady Edwina.

5. 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) Sir Quentin is an important man.
(b) He has never cared for Fleur and wants to be rid of her.
(c) He and Sir Quentin are second cousins.
(d) He doesn't believe a young woman could be so creative, so Sir Quentin must be telling the truth.

6. 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.

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

8. 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 does not believe him.
(b) She is furious and tells him she would never take payment for friendship.
(c) She is despondent as she had been counting on Edwina's generosity.
(d) She tells him he does not know his mother very well at all.

9. What does Fleur disclose to the reader in Chapter 10?
(a) That her purpose is to punish Dottie for her involvement in the loss of her manuscript.
(b) That her purpose is to determine why the suicide really happened.
(c) That her purpose is now to convey how Sir Quentin tried to destroy her novel and take its contents for his own use.
(d) That her purpose is to make sure she remains in Lady Edwina's will.

10. When Sir Quentin tries to incriminate Fleur by telling Lady Edwina that Fleur has had a professional break into their home and steal his diary, how does Lady Edwina respond?
(a) She stands up and wets herself, then tells Sir Quentin to leave because she pays the rent on the flat.
(b) She tells Sir Quentin that she gave Fleur the diary because she despises him, son or not.
(c) She grabs the telephone and calls the police.
(d) She launches into an hysterical rant, insisting the Fleur leave at once.

11. Who is Mrs. Fisher?
(a) Beryl Tims' sister.
(b) Fleur's oldest friend.
(c) Lady Edwina's nurse.
(d) The publisher's assistant.

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

13. 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) Calls several friends to say she is in need of a job.
(c) Takes a long nap so that her mind is clear.
(d) Begins copying everything in the bag.

14. 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 was very careful to change enough details that the characters, though similar, did not represent the members.
(c) To her, none of the characters seem overly similar.
(d) She formulated her characters and plot before she began working for Sir Quentin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur suggest Lady Edwina act as her accomplice?

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

3. When Fleur discovers her original manuscript missing, who does she first assume must have taken it?

4. In the novel's present day, Fleur lives in Paris. Who has just been there to visit her?

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

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