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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Fleur see in Sir Quentin's drawer?
(a) Her original manuscript of Warrender Chase.
(b) A bundle of proofs approximately the size of a novel.
(c) A pearl-handled knife.
(d) A photo of him with Beryl Tims.
2. Where do Sir Quentin and Beryl Tims have to go after the suicide?
(a) To the morgue.
(b) To visit the relatives of the deceased.
(c) To see the attorney for the Association.
(d) To the Coroner's Inquest.
3. Who is Mrs. Fisher?
(a) Fleur's oldest friend.
(b) Beryl Tims' sister.
(c) The publisher's assistant.
(d) Lady Edwina's nurse.
4. Where does Fleur go after the reviews for Warrender Chase come out?
(a) Edwina's house.
(b) Wally's cottage.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.
5. Who does Fleur call for advice when she realizes she has no copy of her novel?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Solly.
(d) Lady Edwina.
6. Where does Fleur find her manuscript after arriving at Dottie's flat?
(a) Arranged under the tea tray in the butler's pantry.
(b) In the bottom of her black knitting bag.
(c) In the bottom of her clothes cupboard.
(d) Under her four-poster bed.
7. Edwina takes Sir Quentin's death courageously, and afterward, does what?
(a) Leaves the flat and vows never to return.
(b) Destroys all of the autobiographies.
(c) Asks Fleur to move into the flat.
(d) Moves to Sir Quentin's house in the country.
8. What is the first thing Fleur does upon returning home with the bag from Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) Calls several friends to say she is in need of a job.
(b) Calls the police to alert them to her suspicions.
(c) Takes a long nap so that her mind is clear.
(d) Begins copying everything in the bag.
9. Who does Dottie tell Fleur that she enjoys sleeping with, even though she just explained earlier that doing so is a sacrifice?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Sir Quentin.
(c) Fleur's friend Wally.
(d) Revisson Doe.
10. What is the primary reason Fleur feels so indignant about being accused of libeling the Autobiographical Association?
(a) She formulated her characters and plot before she began working for Sir Quentin.
(b) To her, none of the characters seem overly similar.
(c) The events in her story are vastly different from the events that have happened within the Association.
(d) She was very careful to change enough details that the characters, though similar, did not represent the members.
11. How does Fleur suggest Lady Edwina act as her accomplice?
(a) Edwina should ask Dottie to help her begin her own autobiography, and insist that she begin that very evening.
(b) She asks Edwina to insist on Dottie as her caregiver for the evening, insist Dottie call a doctor and wet herself if she has to, to keep her away for three hours.
(c) She suggests Edwina invite Dottie to dinner and then take a drive, giving the taxi driver wrong directions so they get lost.
(d) Pretend that she has fallen and call Dottie to take her to the hospital.
12. Fleur calls her publisher again asking for the manuscript of Warrender Chase. Why do they tell her it was destroyed?
(a) Due to Sir Quentin's concerns of libel, they thought it best that it no longer existed.
(b) It was destroyed by mistake by a new employee.
(c) They have a policy of destroying any unpublished manuscript left in their possession.
(d) It was on his desk for her to take; when she did not, they assumed she did not want it.
13. Who interrupts the argument between Fleur and Sir Quentin?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Lady Edwina.
(c) Beryl Tims.
(d) Solly Mendelsohn.
14. What does Edwina say to Fleur when she goes to see her after learning Sir Quentin is out?
(a) "Suicide. Too young for such a tragic death."
(b) "Maybe it was not suicide after all."
(c) "Suicide is such an ugly event. My entire week has been ruined."
(d) "Suicide. Just like the woman in your novel."
15. What does Fleur receive the day after she sits in the graveyard and visits with the policeman?
(a) A letter from a barrister informing her that she would be remitted by Sir Quentin's estate for his unlawful use of her material.
(b) A phone call from a new publisher inquiring about her next novel.
(c) A letter from Triad Press asking her to make an appointment with them right away.
(d) A letter from an American publisher wanting to publish Warrender Chase.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Fleur do when they can not find her manuscripts?
2. How does Fleur react when Sir Quentin informs her that his mother is not of sound mind and that she should disregard any promises made about an inheritance?
3. Fleur believes she saw someone in Dottie's window the night before. Who is it?
4. On what grounds has Sir Quentin threatened to sue for libel?
5. How does Sir Quentin try to justify his behavior to Fleur?
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