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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edwina takes Sir Quentin's death courageously, and afterward, does what?
(a) Asks Fleur to move into the flat.
(b) Moves to Sir Quentin's house in the country.
(c) Leaves the flat and vows never to return.
(d) Destroys all of the autobiographies.

2. How does Sir Quentin explain Mrs. Wilks' ranting?
(a) Hints that she might be suffering from a chronic illness.
(b) Says she had personal problems that had recently upset her.
(c) He indicates that her family has a history of mental illness.
(d) Says she'd been fasting too strictly.

3. 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) Leslie.
(c) Sir Quentin.
(d) Fleur's friend Wally.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. What is that Sir Quentin has been enforcing upon the members?
(a) A rigorous exercise routine, to sharpen their minds.
(b) A series of stringent deadlines.
(c) An early curfew so that the rest might heighten their creativity.
(d) A "purifying fast."

10. Fleur has been given pages from Sir Quentin's private diary. What does she find written there?
(a) Details of his relationship with Mrs. Tims.
(b) Evidence of his lust for Fleur.
(c) Documentation of his plan to steal her manuscript, keep it from being published and direct quotes from her book.
(d) Rantings about how much he loathes his mother.

11. 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 sits Beryl down and questions her about the manuscript.
(d) She goes to the study, shuts the door and searches for her manuscript.

12. When is the problem Fleur's publisher calls her in to discuss?
(a) He cannot publish Warrender Chase, as Sir Quentin has threatened to sue for libel.
(b) He can't publish her first novel as Sir Quentin has accused her of plaigerism.
(c) He has decided Warrender Chase is too evil and unrealistic to publish.
(d) He wants her to change the title of her second novel.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How does Sir Quentin try to justify his behavior to Fleur?

4. Where does Sir Quentin decide to take the Association members?

5. 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?

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