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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fleur decide to do with the manuscripts when she begins typing them out?
(a) She edits them by hand before beginning to type them out.
(b) She interviews each author in order to get a better feel for their stories.
(c) As she tried to make sense of them, she made changes to make them worse.
(d) She made slight improvements in the stories, but the authors did not want any modifications.

2. How does Fleur learn about the job at the Autobiographical Association?
(a) In a letter from a well-meaning friend who she can't really recall.
(b) She overhears Sir Quentin discussing it at the public library.
(c) She reads about it in the local newspaper.
(d) A friend of Beryl Tims recommends her for the position.

3. When Fleur first reads to Dottie from Warrender Chase, what is Dottie's reaction?
(a) She accuses Fleur of stealing ideas from the group.
(b) She is confused by the plot line and can't keep the characters straight.
(c) She thinks the funeral scene is too cold.
(d) She raves about what a fine writer Fleur has become.

4. Why does Revisson Doe agree to work with Fleur?
(a) He finds her oddly appealing and wants to get closer to her.
(b) He believes she has potential and that her future novels will be good.
(c) He owes her old a friend a favor.
(d) He believes that through Fleur, he can learn more about Sir Quentin.

5. 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 has no explanation.
(d) She suffers from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fleur react to Dottie's first written piece?

2. How does Fleur initially describe Beryl Tims?

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

4. What was located across the street from Sir Quentin's flat?

5. What is supposed to happen to the memoirs being written by the members of the Autobiographical Association?

Short Essay Questions

1. An important parallel is drawn at the end of Chapter 6 that has, up to that point, only been mentioned by Fleur. What is it, and who brings it up?

2. What is the first publisher's reaction to Fleur's novel, Warrender Chase?

3. How had Fleur originally come up with the idea for her novel, Warrender Chase?

4. Describe Fleur's impressions of Sir Quentin Oliver upon their first meeting.

5. Fleur calls in sick to work after the party. What happens when she does that shows how Fleur's attitude has changed toward her job?

6. How does Fleur meet Lady Edwina?

7. What new information does Dottie share with Fleur when they are nursing each other through the flu that further blurs the line between the reality of the Association and the fiction transpiring in the Warrender Chase manuscript?

8. What convinced Fleur that Sir Quentin had begun acting out an evil plan on the members of the Autobiographical Association?

9. How does Fleur react to the beginning manuscripts of the memoirs when she first begins her work?

10. What does Fleur find unusual about Dottie when she visits Fleur after returning from Ireland?

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