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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do Gray Mauser and Fleur discuss when they visit a pub together?
(a) How he might break off his relationship with Leslie.
(b) His troubles with Leslie, who had gone to Ireland with Dottie.
(c) Why silk ties might be sex symbols.
(d) How angry she was feeling toward Sir Quentin.
2. What does Lady Edwina say when her new nurse collects her from the Association meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "She is a nurse, is she? Why do I need a nurse?"
(b) "Well my dears, he's got you where he wants you, hasn't he?"
(c) "Quentin, my son! Don't let her take me!"
(d) "I will NOT be treated like a pathetic old woman!"
3. How does Dottie describe Fleur's character, Marjorie?
(a) She says she is evil and not very womanly.
(b) She calls her sly and troublesome.
(c) She says she is too much a vixen.
(d) She wonders why Marjorie is so homely.
4. Who does Dottie begin to confide in about her husband?
(a) Sir Eric Findlay.
(b) Lady Edwina.
(c) Beryl Tims.
(d) Sir Quentin.
5. What about Lady Edwina does Fleur particularly like in the beginning?
(a) Her thoughtful, kind demeanor.
(b) Her sense of humor.
(c) Her opinions about the various memoirs.
(d) Her grand entrances and extraordinary statements.
6. Fleur initially sees Sir Quentin as a "social imposter," but realizes he does have a regal background when she learns that:
(a) He is a baronet and his mother the daughter of an earl.
(b) He was once a member of parliament.
(c) His father had served in parliament.
(d) He father was a duke.
7. How does Fleur suggest Dottie cope with her suffering over Leslie's infidelities?
(a) She suggests Dottie join the Association and write her own autobiography.
(b) She tells Dottie to leave Leslie altogether.
(c) She helps Dottie plan revenge.
(d) She encourages Dottie to find an outside lover of her own.
8. What romance is introduced in Chapter 4?
(a) Beryl Sims and Sir Quentin.
(b) Dottie and an unnamed lover.
(c) Solly and Lady Edwina.
(d) Fleur and Solly.
9. What did Fleur tell Dottie when she invited her into the Association?
(a) She told her she suspected Sir Quentin was using the members, but warned her to use it only as a source of amusement.
(b) She suggested she get to know Lady Edwina.
(c) She suggested that one of the members might make a good lover.
(d) She asked her to spy on Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims.
10. What is Beryl Tims' primary task during the meetings of the Autobiographical Association?
(a) Taking notes on the ensuing discussions.
(b) Serving tea and scones to the members.
(c) Assisting Lady Edwina so that she can participate in the meetings.
(d) Keeping Lady Edwina under control and out of the way.
11. What did Fleur add to the first chapter of Sir Eric Findlay's story?
(a) She portrayed him as being locked in a cupboard polishing silver while his nanny rode his rockinghorse with the butler.
(b) She wrote about the butler stealing his rockinghorse to punish young Eric after he fell off and broke his nose.
(c) She had him ride the rockinghorse with the butler rather than the nanny.
(d) She wrote that his parents took his favorite rockinghorse away when he rode it without permission.
12. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?
(a) She is beautifully awful.
(b) She is rotund and plain.
(c) She is unpleasant and manipulative.
(d) She is devilishly argumentative.
13. What happens when Dottie returns from Ireland?
(a) Leslie and Dottie renew their marriage vows.
(b) Leslie asks if he can move in with Fleur.
(c) She informs Fleur that she wants Leslie to leave.
(d) Leslie returns immediately to Gray.
14. By December of 1949, where is Fleur's primary focus?
(a) On coming between Dottie and Beryl Tims.
(b) On her novel, Warrender Chase, and an idea for a subesequent book.
(c) On spying on Sir Quentin.
(d) On figuring out what is going on in Leslie's life.
15. How do Gray and Fleur define the differences between men and women?
(a) Women are more emotional, men are more practical.
(b) Women are more sentimental, men more dependable.
(c) Men are more sentimental, women more dependable.
(d) Men are more emotional, women are more practical.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Fleur believe she should stay with her current job rather than find another as Wally encourages?
2. How does Wally react to Fleur's anecdotes about the Autobiographical Association?
3. What does Dottie accuse Fleur of when Fleur seems displeased at her connections to the group?
4. Why does member Maisie Young walk with a limp?
5. What does Dottie first write when she joins the Association?
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