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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was supposed to meet Ms. Hanff at the airport?
(a) Frank Doel and his family.
(b) Mr. Buckley and a fan of her book.
(c) Ms. Hanff's cousin and the Doels.
(d) Nora and Sheila Doel and a fan of her book.

2. Ms. Hanff went out with a couple of friends from _________ who happened to be visiting London.
(a) Texas.
(b) Indiana.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

3. On Monday, June 28, Ms. Hanff attempted to get her silk dress pressed, but discovered what?
(a) The dress no longer fit.
(b) The dress was not where she thought it was.
(c) The dress could not be pressed.
(d) The hotel was not set up for that sort of services.

4. Ms. Hanff was embarrassed when?
(a) Mr. Buckley seemed unhappy with the idea of her wearing pants, something she does routinely.
(b) Mr. Buckley seemed excited to see her.
(c) Mr. Buckley told her to change her clothes.
(d) Mr. Buckley did not show up.

5. What are two themes of the novel that are touched upon?
(a) Luxury and friendship.
(b) Family and poverty.
(c) Friendship and fanfare.
(d) Poverty and desire.

6. They visited Marlborough House but discovered what?
(a) It was very crowded.
(b) It was very expensive.
(c) It was under repair.
(d) It was closed.

7. How did Ms. Hanff feel about her trip?
(a) Confused.
(b) Sad.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Excited.

8. First they visited the home of two elderly sisters whose house, Ms. Hanff learned, had once been haunted by a ghost who would grow upset when?
(a) They stayed up late.
(b) They had guests over.
(c) They came home.
(d) They planned to take a trip.

9. What did Ms. Hanff learn about the ceremony of the guards?
(a) They had done that every night for more than seven hundred years.
(b) They only stop at night.
(c) They had been doing this for over one thousand years.
(d) They do this every day.

10. Before reaching their destination, Ms. Hanff told the Colonel about what of which a friend had once sent her a postcard?
(a) A monument near there.
(b) A little village near there.
(c) A little inn near there.
(d) A museum near there.

11. Instead, what did Ms. Hanff and her friends do?
(a) They went on a tour of London.
(b) They stayed in.
(c) They saw A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) They had a pleasant dinner.

12. What did this stop cause?
(a) Irritation among the locals.
(b) A delay in their travel.
(c) Confusion in their location.
(d) A sensation among the villagers.

13. That night, The Colonel called and when he learned of her trip to Oxford, he suggested what?
(a) He drive her and they stay overnight in Summertown.
(b) He drive her and they stay overnight in Woodstock.
(c) He drive her and they stay overnight in Stratford-on-Avon.
(d) He drive her and they stay overnight in Marston.

14. At a going away party, several friends had given her a gift certificate to __________.
(a) Jarrods.
(b) Macys.
(c) Harrods.
(d) Burtons.

15. What prompted her to be interested in London?
(a) She liked Shakespeare.
(b) She liked English architecture.
(c) She wanted to meet her pen pal.
(d) She learned of her English Quaker ancestry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ms. Hanff was horrified when her friends insisted on having lunch at Claridge's without doing what?

2. On Sunday, June 20, Ms. Hanff visited ______________ where she met a ticket taker with whom she discussed roses.

3. On Saturday, June 19, Ms. Hanff called Pat Buckley for what reason?

4. Eddie and Isabel were conservative people at home. How did they act in London?

5. Ms. Grenfell drove Ms. Hanff home afterward, having difficulty finding a way to get to the hotel's front door. Why?

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