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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 Dottie react to Fleur's novel, now that it is completed?
(a) She says that Theo and Audry haven't found a single error and adore the story.
(b) She says that it is brilliant but confusing.
(c) She tells her she loves it.
(d) she tells her it is a sick novel and that Theo and Audrey agree.

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

3. Who takes care of Fleur when she is ill?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Solly.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Lady Edwina.

4. How does Fleur react about her book find when she shops for Maisie?
(a) She looks for more of the same kind of thing.
(b) She feels more curious than anything.
(c) She rejoices, feeling like she's met an old friend.
(d) She feels stunned, having not realized it was out there.

5. Fleur initially sees Sir Quentin as a "social imposter," but realizes he does have a regal background when she learns that:
(a) He father was a duke.
(b) He was once a member of parliament.
(c) He is a baronet and his mother the daughter of an earl.
(d) His father had served in parliament.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?

2. Where did Fleur first meet and interview with Sir Quentin?

3. Why does Mr. Alexander keep insisting that Fleur move into a larger room in the his boarding house?

4. How does Fleur feel after this visit with Gray?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the basis for the argument between Maisie Young and Fleur in Chapter 5?

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

5. 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?

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

7. Describe any two members of the Association introduced in Chapter 2.

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

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

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

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