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

2. When Fleur stays up all night going through her manuscript, what does she realize?
(a) She sees that it does bear some similarities to the Association and makes changes to avoid any hint of libel.
(b) She believes it is exactly right, and is glad she didn't change anything.
(c) She sees its shortcomings, but decides to leave it as is rather than rewrite the entire book.
(d) She sees its shortcomings and begins typing revisions straight away.

3. With her manuscript missing, what does Fleur fears that it could be in anyone's hands, being put to any sort of use. What is her other concern about it at this point?
(a) That without it, she will lose the inspiration to continue writing.
(b) That if no copy any longer exists, Warrender Chase has ceased to exist.
(c) That she will be embarrassed if the libel charge becomes public.
(d) That she will be left penniless if someone takes it and publishes it

4. Leslie's novel was published around the same time as Warrender Chase, and received feeble reviews. How is Warrender Chase received?
(a) Nothing happens during the first two weeks, then suddenly positive reviews pour in.
(b) Positive reviews come out immediately.
(c) Warrender Chase is only mildly well-received, but her next novel does very well.
(d) The first reviews are tepid, but one good review is finally printed, and that seems to turn the tide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lady Edwina react upon receiving the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?

2. 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?

3. On what grounds has Sir Quentin threatened to sue for libel?

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

5. What does Fleur see in Sir Quentin's drawer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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