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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. Fleur has been given pages from Sir Quentin's private diary. What does she find written there?
(a) Documentation of his plan to steal her manuscript, keep it from being published and direct quotes from her book.
(b) Evidence of his lust for Fleur.
(c) Details of his relationship with Mrs. Tims.
(d) Rantings about how much he loathes his mother.

2. What does Fleur see in Sir Quentin's drawer?
(a) Her original manuscript of Warrender Chase.
(b) A pearl-handled knife.
(c) A photo of him with Beryl Tims.
(d) A bundle of proofs approximately the size of a novel.

3. Which of the Association members dutifully visits Sir Quentin's grave daily, and converses with him there?
(a) Mrs. Wilks.
(b) Maisie Young.
(c) Eric Findlay.
(d) Clotilde du Loiret.

4. Who does Dottie tell Fleur that she enjoys sleeping with, even though she just explained earlier that doing so is a sacrifice?
(a) Fleur's friend Wally.
(b) Sir Quentin.
(c) Revisson Doe.
(d) Leslie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sir Quentin get Fleur to return to his flat?

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

3. In Chapter 12, Fleur expands on her narration of the present, reminding us that she is relating the adventures with the Autobiographical Association from a future perspective. What is it that prompts the policeman in the graveyard, in the summer of 1950, to say to Fleur, "Loitering with Intent?"

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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