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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. How does Fleur suggest Lady Edwina act as her accomplice?
(a) She suggests Edwina invite Dottie to dinner and then take a drive, giving the taxi driver wrong directions so they get lost.
(b) She asks Edwina to insist on Dottie as her caregiver for the evening, insist Dottie call a doctor and wet herself if she has to, to keep her away for three hours.
(c) Edwina should ask Dottie to help her begin her own autobiography, and insist that she begin that very evening.
(d) Pretend that she has fallen and call Dottie to take her to the hospital.

2. Fleur has a job interview at the BBC, but does not get the job. Why, when she looks back, does she remember this fondly?
(a) She decides halfway through the interview that she doesn't want to work there after all, and is bouyed by this realization.
(b) Later she does get a job there, and the file from this interview is a source of much amusement.
(c) She meets the man there whom she will ultimately marry.
(d) She runs into a dear friend from childhood and they grow close after getting reacquainted.

3. When she returns to Sir Quentin's flat after the suicide, Beryl Tims tells Fleur that Sir Quentin had to go out. What does Fleur do?
(a) She goes to the study, shuts the door and searches for her manuscript.
(b) She tears the drawing room apart searching for her novel.
(c) She waits in the drawing room for him to return in order to confront him.
(d) She sits Beryl down and questions her about the manuscript.

4. 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?
(a) Change her name to Miss Davids in her documents so the Trotskyites won't find and assassinate her.
(b) Help her rewrite her latest chapter as she is not happy with it.
(c) Make sure the secret agents don't find her.
(d) Come with her to buy new clothing that fits.

5. Fleur tells Sir Quentin that she knows he plagiarized her novel and plans to sue him. How does he respond?
(a) He breaks down and confesses, asking how they can reach some sort of agreement.
(b) 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.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lady Edwina do before Fleur leaves Sir Quentin's flat?

3. What is that Fleur realizes Sir Quentin has been giving the Association members?

4. In the novel's present day, Fleur lives in Paris. Who has just been there to visit her?

5. Edwina takes Sir Quentin's death courageously, and afterward, does what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before Fleur leaves the flat, Lady Edwina gives her something in secret. When she reads it later, what does she find?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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