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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 Bernice, looking upset and disheveled.
(c) Solly Mendelsohn, looking euphoric.
(d) Lady Edwina, looking sad and confused.

2. Fleur tells Sir Quentin that she knows he plagiarized her novel and plans to sue him. How does he respond?
(a) He laughs her off and tells her she must be completely mad.
(b) He breaks down and confesses, asking how they can reach some sort of agreement.
(c) 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.
(d) He says that if Lady Edwina did not care so much for her, he'd get rid of her himself.

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

4. What is that Fleur realizes Sir Quentin has been giving the Association members?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Dexedrine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Opium.

5. Who does Fleur phone to come help her and Lady Edwina search for the manuscript?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Theo and Audrey.
(c) Solly.
(d) Leslie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fleur realize when she gets home after learning from her publisher that he will not publish her novel?

2. What does Fleur disclose to the reader in Chapter 10?

3. How does Lady Edwina feel about being solicited as an accomplice?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the traumatic news Fleur receives near the end of Chapter 8?

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

9. Fleur consults her friend, Solly Mendelsohn, when she realizes that the publisher now has the only copy of her manuscript. Why?

10. 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.

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