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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character becomes more important to the story in Chapter 3?

2. On what does the former priest focus in his memoirs?

3. What does Fleur believe she might gain from a confrontation with Mr. Alexander, even though she doesn't want one?

4. Who does Fleur run into at the Gilbert party?

5. What is the single sentence, overheard by Fleur in restaurant, that had inspired her novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Fleur meet Lady Edwina?

3. Fleur describes the day she is sitting in the graveyard working on a poem as the last day of a whole chunk of her life, although she isn't aware of it at the time. Why do you think she feels this way?

4. How did Fleur feel about spending the evening in pub with Gray Mauser after her argument with Maisie?

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

6. Fleur and Dottie argue about whether or not Fleur should stay on at the job. Why does Fleur believe she should?

7. What does Wally suggest Fleur should do about her job, and how does she respond?

8. Fleur keeps all of the letters she receives, and describes one in particular. Talk about that one.

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleur creates a character type she calls the "English Rose." Discuss how her character types are like stereotypes, and perhaps more importantly, how they are different. How might these character types be helpful to writers, or how they might hinder the telling of a story?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Fleur Talbot as "character type," as she does with Beryl Tims and Dottie, the "English Roses." What would her character type be named? Who else might fit into this character type - another literary character, someone in a movie, someone from your life? Why? How does that person compare to Fleur?

Essay Topic 3

The element of time is used in creative ways in literature. A sequence of events might be told other than chronologically; sometimes time is suspended, accelerated or slowed down. How does Spark use time as a framework for the novel? Do not merely summarize plot points, rather, discuss how her use of time affects the story.

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