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

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

3. What does Sir Quentin inquire about Fleur's future?
(a) If she would like to become a member of the Association rather than merely an employee.
(b) If she plans to live abroad.
(c) If she believes her novels will succeed.
(d) If she has any marital prospects.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fleur go after the reviews for Warrender Chase come out?

2. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?

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

4. How does Fleur suggest Lady Edwina act as her accomplice?

5. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fleur react to her own novel as she goes through it, typing up additional copies?

2. What is Fleur's reaction when Dottie calls her to tell her of Sir Quentin's death?

3. As Fleur goes to bed the night after the meeting with the publisher, about what can she not stop thinking ?

4. Chapter 11 is filled with a great deal of information, often through Fleur's narrations from the present as she remembers the events of her past. Describe two concepts on which she sheds light at this point in the book.

5. What does Fleur first think might be the problem with her novel when the publisher requests to meet with her in person?

6. Why doesn't Fleur tell Edwina that she believes Sir Quentin is behind the theft of her manuscript?

7. Describe how at least one of the maxims Fleur remembers from childhood helps direct her actions as attempts to get her manuscript back.

8. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, what does Fleur observe about her?

9. What realization does Fleur come to regarding her novel, Warrender Chase, when Sir Quentin calls her into his office in Chapter 7?

10. Fleur's job at the Association has changed by Chapter 7. What are her duties now?

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