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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Lady Edwina does Fleur particularly like in the beginning?
(a) Her grand entrances and extraordinary statements.
(b) Her opinions about the various memoirs.
(c) Her thoughtful, kind demeanor.
(d) Her sense of humor.

2. What did Fleur add to the first chapter of Sir Eric Findlay's story?
(a) She wrote about the butler stealing his rockinghorse to punish young Eric after he fell off and broke his nose.
(b) She wrote that his parents took his favorite rockinghorse away when he rode it without permission.
(c) She had him ride the rockinghorse with the butler rather than the nanny.
(d) She portrayed him as being locked in a cupboard polishing silver while his nanny rode his rockinghorse with the butler.

3. How does Fleur feel when Sir Quentin decides to take over the manuscript editing?
(a) She was disappointed because the members liked her work.
(b) She was angry because she loved the work.
(c) She is glad to be rid of it because they'd started writing about their romantic adventures.
(d) She didn't care one way or the other.

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

5. Why is Fleur initially so pleased with her new employer and his assistant?
(a) Because they agree to allow her time to work on her own writing during the day.
(b) Because they welcome her warmly and make her feel right at home.
(c) Because she sees much in their mannerisms and behaviors that will be useful in creating characters in her book.
(d) Because she realizes that they all have many interests in common.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?

3. What does Dottie first write when she joins the Association?

4. Which character becomes more important to the story in Chapter 3?

5. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?

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