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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fleur view Leslie's infidelity?
(a) She wishes he would leave his wife and marry her.
(b) She believes he is unfaithful to Dottie because Dottie is so unattractive.
(c) She thinks his ego is overblown.
(d) She feels sorry for him and believes he is unable to cope with his own problems.

2. How far back in time must Fleur go to tell us the story of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Three years.
(b) A summer.
(c) A decade.
(d) Ten months.

3. What does Dottie accuse Fleur of when Fleur seems displeased at her connections to the group?
(a) Trying to steal the ideas of the members for her own work.
(b) Trying to undermine Sir Quentin's work.
(c) Being jealous of her superior writing skills.
(d) Being jealous that she is getting close to them.

4. What does Fleur find when stops to get a book for Maisie?
(a) The Autobiography of Lady Edwina.
(b) A novel written by Sir Quentin himself.
(c) The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini.
(d) Another novel called Warrender Chase.

5. How does Fleur react to Dottie's first written piece?
(a) She doesn't respond, deciding to use Dottie's thoughts in her own book.
(b) She edits it for her and coaches her on writing techniques.
(c) She reads it aloud to the group at the next meeting.
(d) She tears it up and tells her not to share it with the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur react to Dottie's criticism of the character, Marjorie, in her book?

2. By December of 1949, where is Fleur's primary focus?

3. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?

4. What does Fleur say to Bucks Gilbert before she leaves?

5. How does Fleur learn about the job at the Autobiographical Association?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does Dottie share with Fleur when they are nursing each other through the flu that further blurs the line between the reality of the Association and the fiction transpiring in the Warrender Chase manuscript?

2. Fleur describes the day she is sitting in the graveyard working on a poem as the last day of a whole chunk of her life, although she isn't aware of it at the time. Why do you think she feels this way?

3. Fleur describes both Beryl Tims and Dottie, the wife of Fleur's lover, as "English Roses." What does she mean by this?

4. How does Sir Quentin introduce Fleur to the Autobiographical Association members the first time, and why?

5. Fleur and Dottie argue about whether or not Fleur should stay on at the job. Why does Fleur believe she should?

6. Explain Fleur's confusion, early on, about her novel, Warrender Chase and how it related to the events with the Association.

7. Why does Fleur invite Dottie to participate in the Autobiographical Association?

8. When "Bucks" Gilbert hosts a party, Fleur runs into her old friend Wally. What happens between them?

9. What does Wally suggest Fleur should do about her job, and how does she respond?

10. What is Fleur's frame of mind at the beginning of the novel, and why?

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