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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 thinks his ego is overblown.
(b) She believes he is unfaithful to Dottie because Dottie is so unattractive.
(c) She wishes he would leave his wife and marry her.
(d) She feels sorry for him and believes he is unable to cope with his own problems.

2. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Sir Quentin becomes her muse for the title character.
(b) It is not; it was already developed before she started working there.
(c) The flat where the meetings are held became the setting for the book.
(d) All of the Association members become the various victims of Chase in the novel.

3. Which Association member does Fleur take a liking to at the first meeting?
(a) Clotilde du Loiret.
(b) Sir Quentin Oliver.
(c) Beryl Tims.
(d) Maisie Young.

4. Why is Fleur initially so pleased with her new employer and his assistant?
(a) Because they welcome her warmly and make her feel right at home.
(b) Because she sees much in their mannerisms and behaviors that will be useful in creating characters in her book.
(c) Because she realizes that they all have many interests in common.
(d) Because they agree to allow her time to work on her own writing during the day.

5. What happens when Fleur calls in sick after spending the night dancing with Wally?
(a) Beryl offers to send Dottie over with soup.
(b) Lady Edwina tells her she will cover for her.
(c) Beryl asks for a medical certificate, and Fleur tells her to go to Hell.
(d) Sir Quentin warns her that further absences will get her fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Fleur never thought highly of Gray Mauser before their conversation at the pub?

2. Because Fleur continues to hear one particular phrase repeated by Association members, she becomes convinced of what?

3. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?

4. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?

5. Why does member Maisie Young walk with a limp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fleur handle the motivation behind the evil doings of the title character in Warrender Chase?

2. Fleur calls in sick to work after the party. What happens when she does that shows how Fleur's attitude has changed toward her job?

3. How does Fleur react upon learning that Beryl Tims loves Sir Quentin?

4. How had Fleur originally come up with the idea for her novel, Warrender Chase?

5. Describe the relationship between Fleur and her lover, Leslie.

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

7. 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?

8. How does Fleur spend that first meeting of the Association?

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

10. How does Dottie anger Fleur when discussing Warrender Chase in Chapter 3?

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