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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. What is that Sir Quentin has been enforcing upon the members?
(a) A series of stringent deadlines.
(b) An early curfew so that the rest might heighten their creativity.
(c) A "purifying fast."
(d) A rigorous exercise routine, to sharpen their minds.

2. Who does Fleur call for advice when she realizes she has no copy of her novel?
(a) Lady Edwina.
(b) Solly.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Dottie.

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

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

5. Dottie comes to see Fleur when she returns to the city to tell her what?
(a) That Sir Quentin had been killed by Association members who realized he was trying to control them.
(b) That Sir Quentin died in a car crash on the way to his retreat.
(c) That Sir Quentin had succumbed to a massive heart attack, probably brought on by Dexedrine.
(d) That Sir Quentin died alone in a car crash in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What happens when Dottie visited Fleur's room the evening after Fleur found her manuscript?

5. Fleur's job has changed from altering the manuscripts to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. Even though Fleur and Dottie have quite a tumultuous relationship, after Sir Quentin's death, she keeps Fleur well-informed about the other members of the Autobiographical Association. Describe what happens to any two members.

6. Fleur mentions a parallel to another novel, not of her writing, at this point. What novel and what parallel?

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

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

9. Fleur desperately wants to do what when she gets home with her manuscript? What does she do instead?

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

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