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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 right shoulder protrudes slightly ahead of his left.
(c) He has a noticeable limp.
(d) His hands shake, making it difficult for him to write.

3. After the party, Fleur goes out with Wally McConnachie. Where do they go?
(a) They visit a poetry reading.
(b) They stroll along the Thames and chat.
(c) They go to dinner, then back to Fleur's room.
(d) They spend the whole night dancing.

4. 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 fears one day suffering from dementia and wants references to her past.
(b) She wants to use them as material for a future book.
(c) She suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(d) She has no explanation.

5. What does Maisie tell Fleur the ex-priest had said about her?
(a) That Fleur wanted to take over the Association from Sir Quentin.
(b) That Fleur wanted Lady Edwina to write her into her will.
(c) That he wished Fleur would take a second look at him, as he found her quite beautiful.
(d) That he worried about Fleur living alone.

6. What does Fleur do with her companion at the party?
(a) She convinces him to publish her next novel, sight unseen.
(b) They dance, even though no music playing.
(c) They eat most of the food at the party.
(d) They get heavily intoxicated.

7. Which of the following is a member of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Father Edward Douglas.
(b) Mrs. Winston.
(c) Lady Bernice Gilliam.
(d) Baronne Clotilde du Loiret.

8. How many roses were delivered to Fleur the day she called in sick?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fourteen.

9. How is the plot of Warrender Chase, the novel, influenced by Fleur's experience at the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Sir Quentin becomes her muse for the title character.
(b) It is not; it was already developed before she started working there.
(c) All of the Association members become the various victims of Chase in the novel.
(d) The flat where the meetings are held became the setting for the book.

10. Who does Sir Eric Findlay believe is no longer of sound mind?
(a) The former priest
(b) Lady Edwina
(c) Sir Quentin
(d) Mrs. Wilks

11. How far back in time must Fleur go to tell us the story of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Three years.
(b) A summer.
(c) A decade.
(d) Ten months.

12. Fleur initially sees Sir Quentin as a "social imposter," but realizes he does have a regal background when she learns that:
(a) His father had served in parliament.
(b) He is a baronet and his mother the daughter of an earl.
(c) He was once a member of parliament.
(d) He father was a duke.

13. How does Fleur define the word 'frankness?'
(a) As a code word for speaking too freely.
(b) As a euphemism for rudeness.
(c) As what most communication in these modern times is missing.
(d) As the only way friends should communicate.

14. What is the title of the novel Leslie has begun writing?
(a) One is Never Enough.
(b) Two Ways.
(c) My Double-Edged Life.
(d) Both Ways.

15. Because Fleur continues to hear one particular phrase repeated by Association members, she becomes convinced of what?
(a) That Beryl Tims has mixed up the manuscripts.
(b) That their manuscripts are all beginning to sound the same.
(c) That Sir Quentin has begun acting out an evil plan for them members.
(d) That the members are stealing material from each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What romance is introduced in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. Sir Quentin offered Fleur wages of a "1936 vintage, and this was 1949, modern times." Why did she accept the position?

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

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