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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. Fleur tells Sir Quentin that she knows he plagiarized her novel and plans to sue him. How does he respond?
(a) He insists that scribbling on a novel is why she was unable to do her job well and that it is he who will sue.
(b) He breaks down and confesses, asking how they can reach some sort of agreement.
(c) He says that if Lady Edwina did not care so much for her, he'd get rid of her himself.
(d) He laughs her off and tells her she must be completely mad.

2. What happens when Dottie visited Fleur's room the evening after Fleur found her manuscript?
(a) Dottie accuses Fleur of breaking into her flat and stealing a ream of paper.
(b) Fleur accuses Dottie of plagiarizing Warrender Chase.
(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.

3. Where does Fleur go after the reviews for Warrender Chase come out?
(a) Edwina's house.
(b) London.
(c) Wally's cottage.
(d) Paris.

4. To what is the suicide attributed?
(a) The victim was despondent over unrequited love.
(b) The victim was despondent over poor reviews.
(c) The victim had overdosed on medication.
(d) The victim was of unsound mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dottie tell Fleur that she enjoys sleeping with, even though she just explained earlier that doing so is a sacrifice?

2. What news does Fleur receive from Lady Edwina's nurse that evening, after she's learned that her novel won't be published?

3. In Chapter 12, Fleur expands on her narration of the present, reminding us that she is relating the adventures with the Autobiographical Association from a future perspective. What is it that prompts the policeman in the graveyard, in the summer of 1950, to say to Fleur, "Loitering with Intent?"

4. Who interrupts the argument between Fleur and Sir Quentin?

5. Fleur takes a weekend visit with Wally in his cottage, but is ultimately disappointed. He seems distracted by Warrender Chase, so she begins telling him about her next novel, in the hopes of driving it out. Why, then, is she disappointed?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Before Fleur works out a plan to retrieve her manuscript, fate intervenes and presents her with a way to do so. What happens?

5. In Chapter 9, yet another character points out a correlation between Warrender Chase and reality. Who is it, and what is pointed out?

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

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

8. What was it that Fleur scolded herself when she determined who had likely stolen the manuscript from her room?

9. Fleur consults her friend, Solly Mendelsohn, when she realizes that the publisher now has the only copy of her manuscript. Why?

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

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