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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why hadn't four of the Association members come to recent meetings?

2. What is supposed to happen to the memoirs being written by the members of the Autobiographical Association?

3. How did Fleur get Lady Edwina to behave during her first meeting of the Association?

4. Why does Fleur begin taking Lady Edwina for the Sunday walks?

5. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fleur react to the beginning manuscripts of the memoirs when she first begins her work?

2. Fleur keeps all of the letters she receives, and describes one in particular. Talk about that one.

3. How does Sir Quentin introduce Fleur to the Autobiographical Association members the first time, and why?

4. What does Fleur realize about Maisie Young when Maisie comes to visit her apartment?

5. What is Fleur's frame of mind at the beginning of the novel, and why?

6. How does recounting her adventures with the Autobiographical Association make Fleur feel about the differences between fiction and nonfiction?

7. How does Fleur handle the motivation behind the evil doings of the title character in Warrender Chase?

8. Fleur calls in sick to work after the party. What happens when she does that shows how Fleur's attitude has changed toward her job?

9. What is the first publisher's reaction to Fleur's novel, Warrender Chase?

10. Explain Fleur's confusion, early on, about her novel, Warrender Chase and how it related to the events with the Association.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleur Talbot, as an author, seems to spend her life observing, categorizing and accumulating ideas for her writing. Discuss how this impacts her life. Does it get in her way? Do you think most authors work this way?

Essay Topic 2

The drug Dexedrine is used by Sir Quentin to control his group of "followers."

What do the members gain, or perceive to gain, from following Sir Quentin? Could he have gained their confidence without the drugs? What did Sir Quentin's Association members have in common that made them susceptible to someone like him, similar to the blind faith cult members place in their leaders?

Essay Topic 3

The element of time is used in creative ways in literature. A sequence of events might be told other than chronologically; sometimes time is suspended, accelerated or slowed down. How does Spark use time as a framework for the novel? Do not merely summarize plot points, rather, discuss how her use of time affects the story.

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