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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 are Warrender Chase's intentions in Fleur's novel?
(a) She never reveals them, only the effects of his actions.
(b) He wants a new lover without giving up his current mistress.
(c) He is trying to start a religious cult.
(d) He wants to be rid of his lovers altogether.

2. Who had visited Fleur's room while she was out dancing?
(a) An unknown caller.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Dottie.

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

4. How does Fleur manage to attend one of Bucks Gilbert's parties?
(a) She is invited as an Association employee.
(b) She is unofficially employed to take coats and pass out food.
(c) She attends as the guest of Sir Eric.
(d) She and Solly crash the party.

5. To what does Fleur compare the members of the Association by the end of January, 1950?
(a) The bombed-out buildings still found along some London streeets.
(b) Old married couples, constantly arguing with each other.
(c) Good pets, willing to follow their master anywhere.
(d) The children she sees chattering on the way to school each morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far back in time must Fleur go to tell us the story of the Autobiographical Association?

2. What do Gray Mauser and Fleur discuss when they visit a pub together?

3. Why doesn't Fleur leave her job and write full-time?

4. Where does Leslie live after he moves out of his home with Dottie?

5. Why does Revisson Doe agree to work with Fleur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in January of 1950 that begins to shed light on Sir Quentin's intentions?

2. When "Bucks" Gilbert hosts a party, Fleur runs into her old friend Wally. What happens between them?

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

4. What does Fleur realize about Maisie Young when Maisie comes to visit her apartment?

5. Describe any two members of the Association introduced in Chapter 2.

6. How does Sir Quentin introduce Fleur to the Autobiographical Association members the first time, and why?

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

8. Fleur and takes Lady Edwina on regular Sunday afternoon walks. They are soon joined by one of her old friends. How are these relationships developing?

9. Explain Fleur's confusion, early on, about her novel, Warrender Chase and how it related to the events with the Association.

10. 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?

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