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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fleur disclose to the reader in Chapter 10?
(a) That her purpose is to determine why the suicide really happened.
(b) That her purpose is to make sure she remains in Lady Edwina's will.
(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 punish Dottie for her involvement in the loss of her manuscript.

2. What passage does Fleur find in Cellini, the book she sits down to read to ease her worries after she leaves Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) "We rejoiced when we saw one another."
(b) "I am now going on my way rejoicing."
(c) "Joy is the path I will follow."
(d) "I will live with joy."

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

4. Who does Fleur phone to come help her and Lady Edwina search for the manuscript?
(a) Solly.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Theo and Audrey.
(d) Leslie.

5. Fleur and Wally are joined by Gray Mauser while they are out for evening. What does he tell them?
(a) He tells them he will fight Dottie for Leslie's love upon his return.
(b) He tells them that he is no longer in love with Leslie.
(c) He tells them that the key to Leslie's flat is on his dresser.
(d) He tells them that Leslie and Dottie have gone off together to Italy.

6. 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 and Sir Quentin are second cousins.
(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.

7. 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?
(a) Her manservant and her nurse, who had married.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Solly Mendelsohn.
(d) Fleur, of course.

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

9. What does Fleur see in Sir Quentin's drawer?
(a) A bundle of proofs approximately the size of a novel.
(b) Her original manuscript of Warrender Chase.
(c) A photo of him with Beryl Tims.
(d) A pearl-handled knife.

10. To what is the suicide attributed?
(a) The victim was despondent over unrequited love.
(b) The victim was despondent over poor reviews.
(c) The victim was of unsound mind.
(d) The victim had overdosed on medication.

11. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?
(a) That all of her changes and writing have been removed.
(b) Parts of her manuscript, scattered throughout the pages.
(c) Notes in Sir Quentin's handwriting of passages from her novel.
(d) That Sir Quentin has changed all of the writing to read as if he himself had written it.

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

13. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?
(a) Come with her to buy new clothing that fits.
(b) Change her name to Miss Davids in her documents so the Trotskyites won't find and assassinate her.
(c) Make sure the secret agents don't find her.
(d) Help her rewrite her latest chapter as she is not happy with it.

14. When Fleur goes out with Wally, what does he tell her about Bucks Gilbert?
(a) He wishes he had taken her out on a date.
(b) He feels guilty that he never returned her call after seeing her at the party.
(c) He believes she helped Sir Quentin steal Fleur's manuscript.
(d) He can't imagine why she might have disappeared.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Fleur receive the day after she sits in the graveyard and visits with the policeman?

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

5. 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?

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