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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. Dottie finally realizes Fleur has stolen back the manuscript from her flat, and calls Fleur demanding to know how she got in. What does Fleur tell her?
(a) She told her that she stole the key from Gray's house.
(b) She told her Gray gave her the key.
(c) Nothing, she just hangs up.
(d) She told her that Leslie had given her a key long ago.

2. Who does Fleur see for the last time as she leaves Sir Quentin's drawing room?
(a) Lady Edwina, looking sad and confused.
(b) Solly Mendelsohn, looking euphoric.
(c) Lady Bernice, looking upset and disheveled.
(d) The ex-priest, looking angry and vindictive.

3. What is Fleur's greatest concern upon learning the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?
(a) That she will no longer have a job.
(b) Whether or not she should send her concern in a card or simply make a phone call.
(c) That her novel is unfolding in real life.
(d) That this is only the first of many unsettling events.

4. 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.

5. What does Fleur find upon returning home after arguing with Sir Quentin?
(a) That her flat had once again been ransacked.
(b) That her landlords, the Alexanders, have thrwarted a burglary.
(c) That the bag of papers she'd hidden had been stolen without evidence of a break-in.
(d) That Solly is waiting for her

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sir Quentin tries to incriminate Fleur by telling Lady Edwina that Fleur has had a professional break into their home and steal his diary, how does Lady Edwina respond?

2. 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:

3. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, she notices Mrs. Wilks has lost a lot of weight and no longer seemed happy. What does she ask Fleur to do?

4. Fleur has been given pages from Sir Quentin's private diary. What does she find written there?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Fleur happen upon the title of the book she is now narrating?

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

6. After Fleur retrieves her manuscript and goes home, she is visited by Dottie. What happens during this visit?

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

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

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

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

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