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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Sir Quentin tried to do with the members' manuscripts before Fleur got to work on them?
(a) He had tried to insert adventure where none existed.
(b) He had tried only to polish the writing, leaving the stories intact.
(c) He had tried to make their boring lives seem distinguished and important.
(d) He had not had a chance to do anything with the manuscripts, which is why he hired Fleur.

2. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) The hotel in which she interviewed with Sir Quentin.
(b) The BBC building, where Fleur has always wanted to work.
(c) A pub, where she and her friends meet after work.
(d) Fleur's rooming house, making it easy to walk to work.

3. Sir Quentin offered Fleur wages of a "1936 vintage, and this was 1949, modern times." Why did she accept the position?
(a) For the promise of a totally new experience.
(b) She had been unemployed for so long that she was on the brink of losing her room.
(c) Sir Quentin promised to help find a publisher for her novel.
(d) Sir Quentin promised to raise her wages if she proved herself worthy after the first week.

4. Why does Dottie tell Fleur that she is upset?
(a) Because she learns that Leslie has had many lovers before Fleur.
(b) She fears her husband is about to leave her for Fleur.
(c) Because she believes Leslie has a new gay lover.
(d) Because she cannot believe that Fleur will not stop seeing her husband.

5. Where did Fleur first meet and interview with Sir Quentin?
(a) At a local pub.
(b) In the lobby of the Berkeley Hotel.
(c) In the offices of the Autobiographical Association.
(d) In the sitting room of her boarding house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much progress have the members of the Autobiographical Association made when Fleur begins her employment?

2. Who comes to visit after Fleur arrives home that first evening?

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

4. Fleur lives surrounded by books, yet does not consider herself a bibliophile. Why not?

5. What explanation does Fleur give for keeping all the letters she receives, including those from a book store to which she owed money?

(see the answer key)

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