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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fleur and Wally run into Gray Mauser, what does Fleur tell him?
(a) That she wants to borrow the key to surprise Leslie by editing his writing.
(b) That she wants to borrow the key to leave a surprise in the flat for Dottie.
(c) That she wants to borrow the key in order to clean the flat, as a surprise for Dottie.
(d) That she hopes Dottie and Leslie put their marriage back together.

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

3. What explanation does Fleur give for keeping all the letters she receives, including those from a book store to which she owed money?
(a) She suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(b) She fears one day suffering from dementia and wants references to her past.
(c) She has no explanation.
(d) She wants to use them as material for a future book.

4. How does Fleur describe her method of character development?
(a) "It is the sum of my whole experience of others and of my own potential self."
(b) "I incorporate those I meet in my dreams."
(c) "I choose a person in my life and modify him to meet the needs of the story."
(d) "Each is the cumulation of friends I have met."

5. Who begins taking Sunday afternoon walks with Fleur and Lady Edwina?
(a) Mrs. Alexander.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Dottie.
(d) Solly Mendelsohn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Sir Quentin tried to do with the members' manuscripts before Fleur got to work on them?

2. Even though Fleur insists that she started her novel well before beginning her job at the Autobiographical Association, the publisher ignores her and refuses to publish it because:

3. Why does Revisson Doe agree to work with Fleur?

4. Fleur calls her publisher again asking for the manuscript of Warrender Chase. Why do they tell her it was destroyed?

5. What do Maisie and Fleur discuss during that first visit?

(see the answer key)

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