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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. What did Fleur add to the first chapter of Sir Eric Findlay's story?
(a) She portrayed him as being locked in a cupboard polishing silver while his nanny rode his rockinghorse with the butler.
(b) She wrote about the butler stealing his rockinghorse to punish young Eric after he fell off and broke his nose.
(c) She had him ride the rockinghorse with the butler rather than the nanny.
(d) She wrote that his parents took his favorite rockinghorse away when he rode it without permission.

2. Fleur mentions a bad writing habit of Leslie's and asks Dottie to warn him of it in his novel. How does Dottie respond?
(a) She agrees to mention it to him.
(b) She becomes angry that Fleur has an intimate knowledge of his writing style.
(c) She begins to cry and changes the subject back to Fleur and the Association.
(d) She believes Fleur is wrong and decides not to mention it to Leslie.

3. Why had Fleur never thought highly of Gray Mauser before their conversation at the pub?
(a) He had been exceedingly rude to Fleur when they'd first met.
(b) He had, in essence, taken Leslie away from her.
(c) He is so quiet that she had little about him to think much of.
(d) Because she and Dottie had become friends, she felt protective of Dottie.

4. Who does Dottie begin to confide in about her husband?
(a) Beryl Tims.
(b) Sir Eric Findlay.
(c) Sir Quentin.
(d) Lady Edwina.

5. How does Fleur define the word 'frankness?'
(a) As the only way friends should communicate.
(b) As a code word for speaking too freely.
(c) As a euphemism for rudeness.
(d) As what most communication in these modern times is missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Revisson Doe?

2. What explanation does Fleur give for keeping all the letters she receives, including those from a book store to which she owed money?

3. How does Dottie react when Fleur tells her that she thinks the entire Association has become obsessed with having Sir Quentin's approval?

4. Why does Fleur believe she should stay with her current job rather than find another as Wally encourages?

5. Who serves as the primary comic relief in the early part of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. An important parallel is drawn at the end of Chapter 6 that has, up to that point, only been mentioned by Fleur. What is it, and who brings it up?

2. What is the first publisher's reaction to Fleur's novel, Warrender Chase?

3. Fleur is relieved when Sir Quentin tells her that he will take over the editing of the manuscripts, but is suspicious of his motivation. Why?

4. How does Fleur react to the beginning manuscripts of the memoirs when she first begins her work?

5. Describe Fleur's impressions of Sir Quentin Oliver upon their first meeting.

6. 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?

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

8. What convinced Fleur that Sir Quentin had begun acting out an evil plan on the members of the Autobiographical Association?

9. How does recounting her adventures with the Autobiographical Association make Fleur feel about the differences between fiction and nonfiction?

10. How does Fleur meet Lady Edwina?

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