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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. Where does Fleur find her manuscript after arriving at Dottie's flat?
(a) In the bottom of her clothes cupboard.
(b) Arranged under the tea tray in the butler's pantry.
(c) In the bottom of her black knitting bag.
(d) Under her four-poster bed.

2. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?
(a) To the Coroner's Inquest.
(b) To see the attorney for the Association.
(c) To the morgue.
(d) To visit the relatives of the deceased.

3. How does Lady Edwina feel about being solicited as an accomplice?
(a) She giggles hysterically, thrilled for the adventure.
(b) She agrees, with a gleam in her eye.
(c) She tries to refuse, but Fleur implores her.
(d) She agrees, with much trepidation.

4. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?
(a) That all of her changes and writing have been removed.
(b) That Sir Quentin has changed all of the writing to read as if he himself had written it.
(c) Notes in Sir Quentin's handwriting of passages from her novel.
(d) Parts of her manuscript, scattered throughout the pages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the characters in Warrender Chase also commits suicide, and it is attributed to the character having been driven mad. What is supposed to have driven her mad?

2. When Fleur stays up all night going through her manuscript, what does she realize?

3. Which of the Association members dutifully visits Sir Quentin's grave daily, and converses with him there?

4. How does Sir Quentin try to justify his behavior to Fleur?

5. What happens between Fleur and her publisher after he tells her he cannot publish her novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When her novel is ultimately published, how does Fleur initially react?

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

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

5. How does Sir Quentin lure Fleur to his office after she retypes her manuscript and gives the copies to Solly?

6. What was Fleur's internal reaction to the tragic news in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

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

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