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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 decides halfway through the interview that she doesn't want to work there after all, and is bouyed by this realization.
(b) Later she does get a job there, and the file from this interview is a source of much amusement.
(c) She runs into a dear friend from childhood and they grow close after getting reacquainted.
(d) She meets the man there whom she will ultimately marry.

3. 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?
(a) Revisson Doe comes to the funeral and quotes an exact passage from the end of the novel.
(b) Beryl Tims speaks, using nearly identical words to those of Charlotte in the book.
(c) Lady Edwina eulogizes Sir Quentin just as Chase's mother eulogized him.
(d) Warrender Chase's followers all avoided his funeral, as did the members of the Autobiographical Association avoid Sir Quentin's.

4. How does Sir Quentin get Fleur to return to his flat?
(a) He calls and tells her he'd like to discuss a serious matter.
(b) He calls and threatens to call the police on her for taking papers from his office.
(c) He sends Lady Edwina over to invite Fleur for dinner and not take 'no' for an answer.
(d) He has Beryl Tims call and say that Edwina is not well and asking for her.

5. Fleur tells Sir Quentin that she knows he plagiarized her novel and plans to sue him. How does he respond?
(a) He laughs her off and tells her she must be completely mad.
(b) He breaks down and confesses, asking how they can reach some sort of agreement.
(c) He says that if Lady Edwina did not care so much for her, he'd get rid of her himself.
(d) He insists that scribbling on a novel is why she was unable to do her job well and that it is he who will sue.

6. What news does Fleur receive from Lady Edwina's nurse that evening, after she's learned that her novel won't be published?
(a) That Sir Eric Findlay has committed suicide.
(b) That Lady Bernice has committed suicide.
(c) That Mrs. Wilks has committed suicide.
(d) That Egbert Delaney has committed suicide.

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

8. 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 tells Sir Quentin that she gave Fleur the diary because she despises him, son or not.
(b) She grabs the telephone and calls the police.
(c) She stands up and wets herself, then tells Sir Quentin to leave because she pays the rent on the flat.
(d) She launches into an hysterical rant, insisting the Fleur leave at once.

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

10. What does Fleur receive the day after she sits in the graveyard and visits with the policeman?
(a) A letter from Triad Press asking her to make an appointment with them right away.
(b) A phone call from a new publisher inquiring about her next novel.
(c) A letter from an American publisher wanting to publish Warrender Chase.
(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.

11. 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 has decided Warrender Chase is too evil and unrealistic to publish.
(c) He wants her to change the title of her second novel.
(d) He can't publish her first novel as Sir Quentin has accused her of plaigerism.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Fleur has been given pages from Sir Quentin's private diary. What does she find written there?

3. What is that Fleur realizes Sir Quentin has been giving the Association members?

4. What does Fleur disclose to the reader in Chapter 10?

5. On what grounds has Sir Quentin threatened to sue for libel?

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