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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helene says that from where she sits, London is a lot closer than _____________.
(a) Rockefeller Plaza.
(b) 17th Street.
(c) Soho.
(d) Times Square.

2. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?
(a) FDR.
(b) FPD.
(c) FFD.
(d) FRD.

3. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?
(a) Barnes & Noble.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Saturday Review of Literature.
(d) Bookpress Monthly.

4. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?
(a) How badly they treat Jews.
(b) How vulgar they are.
(c) How badly they translated the Latin Bible.
(d) How many Christian relatives Helene has.

5. Cecily sends Helene photos that show her husband is what?
(a) In France.
(b) In prison.
(c) In a wheelchair.
(d) In the RAF.

6. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Oxford.

7. What does Helene send in her Christmas package to Marks & Co?
(a) Six steaks.
(b) A six pound ham.
(c) A dozen eggs.
(d) Sweaters and scarves.

8. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?
(a) Gulity.
(b) Sad.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Annoyed.

9. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?
(a) The poor condition of the books.
(b) The Latin Bible.
(c) The long silence between letters.
(d) The incorrect billing amount.

10. What does Frank do with books that have no covers?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Sends them to an artist.
(c) Refurbishes them.
(d) Uses them for packing material.

11. What street in London does Helene tell Cecily she is longing to walk down?
(a) Westminster Street.
(b) Berkeley Street.
(c) Wimpole Street.
(d) Buckingham Street.

12. What street does Helene live on in New York City?
(a) Charing Cross Road.
(b) West 42nd Street.
(c) East 95th Street.
(d) Broadway.

13. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?
(a) Rare first editions.
(b) Physics.
(c) Poetry.
(d) History.

14. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(b) Hazlitt essays.
(c) Leigh Hunt essays.
(d) Virginibus Puerisque.

15. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?
(a) Frank Doel.
(b) Ben Marks.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Megan Wells.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much meat does Helene discover the Londoners are rationed per family in 1949?

2. Why does Helene's October 15, 1950 letter to Frank chastise him?

3. Cecily's letter says that Mr. Martin thinks Helene has _____________.

4. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?

5. What month and year does Helene start her correspondence with Marks & Co.?

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