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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fleur first reads to Dottie from Warrender Chase, what is Dottie's reaction?
(a) She accuses Fleur of stealing ideas from the group.
(b) She thinks the funeral scene is too cold.
(c) She raves about what a fine writer Fleur has become.
(d) She is confused by the plot line and can't keep the characters straight.

2. What does Solly Mendelsohn do for a living?
(a) He is a tailor.
(b) He owns a bookstore.
(c) He is a journalist.
(d) He is a banker.

3. How did Fleur get Lady Edwina to behave during her first meeting of the Association?
(a) She promises to take her to dinner as soon as the meeting was over.
(b) She offers to take her shopping for a new gown.
(c) She promises to read the memoirs to her as they are finished.
(d) She offers to bring her sweets when she comes in the following day.

4. Why does Fleur say she prefers writing fictionally over biographically?
(a) She has yet to meet anyone interesting enough about whom to write.
(b) All the characters and the order of events are entirely up to her imagination.
(c) She finds fantasy much more interesting than real life.
(d) She hates doing factual research.

5. What was the first physical quirk Fleur noticed about Sir Quentin when they met?
(a) One of his eyes cross, so she cannot tell if he is looking at her or not.
(b) His hands shake, making it difficult for him to write.
(c) He has a noticeable limp.
(d) His right shoulder protrudes slightly ahead of his left.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does member Maisie Young walk with a limp?

2. Where did Fleur first meet and interview with Sir Quentin?

3. On what does the former priest focus in his memoirs?

4. Fleur realizes in the first chapter that one of her senses has a more keen memory than the others. Which one is it?

5. How far back in time must Fleur go to tell us the story of the Autobiographical Association?

(see the answer key)

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