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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. Sir Quentin's death is nearly identical to the death in her novel of the character Warrender Chase. How is this theme continued at his funeral?
(a) Beryl Tims speaks, using nearly identical words to those of Charlotte in the book.
(b) Warrender Chase's followers all avoided his funeral, as did the members of the Autobiographical Association avoid Sir Quentin's.
(c) Lady Edwina eulogizes Sir Quentin just as Chase's mother eulogized him.
(d) Revisson Doe comes to the funeral and quotes an exact passage from the end of the novel.

2. Even though Fleur insists that she started her novel well before beginning her job at the Autobiographical Association, the publisher ignores her and refuses to publish it because:
(a) He and Sir Quentin are second cousins.
(b) He doesn't believe a young woman could be so creative, so Sir Quentin must be telling the truth.
(c) He has never cared for Fleur and wants to be rid of her.
(d) Sir Quentin is an important man.

3. Which of the Association members dutifully visits Sir Quentin's grave daily, and converses with him there?
(a) Maisie Young.
(b) Mrs. Wilks.
(c) Clotilde du Loiret.
(d) Eric Findlay.

4. What is the first thing Fleur does upon returning home with the bag from Sir Quentin's flat?
(a) Begins copying everything in the bag.
(b) Takes a long nap so that her mind is clear.
(c) Calls several friends to say she is in need of a job.
(d) Calls the police to alert them to her suspicions.

5. With her manuscript missing, what does Fleur fears that it could be in anyone's hands, being put to any sort of use. What is her other concern about it at this point?
(a) That if no copy any longer exists, Warrender Chase has ceased to exist.
(b) That without it, she will lose the inspiration to continue writing.
(c) That she will be embarrassed if the libel charge becomes public.
(d) That she will be left penniless if someone takes it and publishes it

Short Answer Questions

1. When she looks through pages of the memoirs, what does Fleur see?

2. What is Fleur's greatest concern upon learning the tragic news of the suicide of one of the Association's members?

3. In the novel's present day, Fleur lives in Paris. Who has just been there to visit her?

4. How does Lady Edwina feel about being solicited as an accomplice?

5. What is the primary reason Fleur feels so indignant about being accused of libeling the Autobiographical Association?

Short Essay Questions

1. When her novel is ultimately published, how does Fleur initially react?

2. Describe how at least one of the maxims Fleur remembers from childhood helps direct her actions as attempts to get her manuscript back.

3. When Fleur runs into Mrs. Wilks in Chapter 7, what does Fleur observe about her?

4. How does Fleur happen upon the title of the book she is now narrating?

5. Fleur desperately wants to do what when she gets home with her manuscript? What does she do instead?

6. Before Fleur works out a plan to retrieve her manuscript, fate intervenes and presents her with a way to do so. What happens?

7. What is the traumatic news Fleur receives near the end of Chapter 8?

8. What was Fleur's internal reaction to the tragic news in Chapter 8?

9. Before Fleur leaves the flat, Lady Edwina gives her something in secret. When she reads it later, what does she find?

10. What does Fleur first think might be the problem with her novel when the publisher requests to meet with her in person?

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