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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fleur get rid of Maisie when she can tolerate her vapid conversation no longer?
(a) She begins coughing and indicates her flu might be returning.
(b) She feigns having to make a phone call.
(c) She intimates that a secret lover may be stopping by.
(d) She suddenly remembers a meeting she must attend.

2. How is Fleur able to control her panic as she sees more evidence that Sir Quentin is acting out a devious plan on the members?
(a) She confides in Beryl Tims that evil is afoot.
(b) She is distracted by a new man in her life.
(c) Her interaction with Gray has distracted her, allowing her to remain calm.
(d) Dottie convinces her she is imagining things.

3. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?
(a) Fleur knows a confrontation would upset him, and she might have a good laugh at his discomfiture.
(b) Through a confrontation with him, Fleur can upset his superior-acting wife.
(c) She believes by confronting him, she can convince him to lower her rent.
(d) Fleur believes she has a demon inside her that rejoices in seeing people not just as they are, but more and more of how they are.

4. How does Fleur react to Dottie's first written piece?
(a) She doesn't respond, deciding to use Dottie's thoughts in her own book.
(b) She edits it for her and coaches her on writing techniques.
(c) She tears it up and tells her not to share it with the group.
(d) She reads it aloud to the group at the next meeting.

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

6. Which character becomes more important to the story in Chapter 3?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Beryl Tims.
(c) Mr. Alexander.
(d) The ex-priest.

7. Who does Fleur run into at the Gilbert party?
(a) Leslie and Gray.
(b) An old friend, Wally McConnachie.
(c) Beryl Tims and Sir Quentin, together in public for the first time.
(d) Her landlords, the Alexanders.

8. On whom did Fleur base the title character is Warrender Chase?
(a) He is based on Fleur's lover, Leslie.
(b) He is based on Fleur's grandfather.
(c) He is based on Sir Quentin.
(d) No one; the character was already developed before she met her new employer.

9. Sir Quentin offered Fleur wages of a "1936 vintage, and this was 1949, modern times." Why did she accept the position?
(a) Sir Quentin promised to raise her wages if she proved herself worthy after the first week.
(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) For the promise of a totally new experience.

10. How does Dottie describe Fleur's character, Marjorie?
(a) She says she is evil and not very womanly.
(b) She wonders why Marjorie is so homely.
(c) She says she is too much a vixen.
(d) She calls her sly and troublesome.

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

12. 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.

13. What do Gray Mauser and Fleur discuss when they visit a pub together?
(a) His troubles with Leslie, who had gone to Ireland with Dottie.
(b) How he might break off his relationship with Leslie.
(c) Why silk ties might be sex symbols.
(d) How angry she was feeling toward Sir Quentin.

14. How does Dottie describe Leslie's novel?
(a) A comic depiction of his life.
(b) Very funny, very real and quite touching.
(c) Very good, very deep and basically autobiographical.
(d) A troubled fantasy about what can never be.

15. What does Fleur ask of her friends, Theo and Audrey?
(a) To read the proofs of her novel and critique the character development.
(b) To read the proofs of her novel and check only for spelling errors.
(c) To help her brainstorm ideas for her next novel's plotline.
(d) To take over the Sunday walks with Lady Edwina so she can concentrate on her next book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first physical quirk Fleur noticed about Sir Quentin when they met?

2. How does Fleur react to Dottie's criticism of the character, Marjorie, in her book?

3. What does Fleur decide to do with the manuscripts when she begins typing them out?

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

5. How do Gray and Fleur define the differences between men and women?

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