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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?
(a) Frank.
(b) The rest of the staff.
(c) Mr. Cohen.
(d) Mr. Marks.

2. Cecily's letter says that Mr. Martin thinks Helene has _____________.
(a) A wonderful sense of humor.
(b) A mean streak.
(c) Odd taste in literature.
(d) Mental instability.

3. In what form would Marks & Co. prefer to receive payment from Helene?
(a) Credit card.
(b) Postal money order.
(c) Cash.
(d) Personal check.

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

5. Cecily's first letter to Helene describes Frank as being ___________.
(a) Stuffy.
(b) Single.
(c) Quite nice looking.
(d) An older gentleman.

6. Why does Helene's October 15, 1950 letter to Frank chastise him?
(a) For not having love poems.
(b) For using crumpled book pages as packing material.
(c) For using poor grammar.
(d) For sending the wrong books.

7. How much meat does Helene discover the Londoners are rationed per family in 1949?
(a) One chicken per month.
(b) Two ounces per week.
(c) Three ounces per week.
(d) Two 4 ounce steaks per month.

8. What kind of England does Helene dream of finding?
(a) One from old war movies.
(b) One from history books.
(c) One from English literature.
(d) One found in the letters.

9. What was the name of the professor who first got Helene interested in books?
(a) Captain Quillen.
(b) Couch Quinery.
(c) Quiller-Couch.
(d) Quentin Conch.

10. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.
(a) Inertia.
(b) Greed.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Gluttony.

11. Why does Helene fear her library card will be revoked?
(a) For not returning books on time.
(b) For writing in the library books.
(c) For not checking books out.
(d) For being too demanding of the librarians.

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

13. When does Frank sign his first letter to Helene with his full name instead of initials?
(a) November 1949.
(b) January 1950.
(c) December 1949.
(d) March 1950.

14. Helene describes herself to Cecily as being about as smart looking as a________________.
(a) Distinguished professor.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Studious librarian.
(d) Broadway panhandler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is Helene willing to spend on each book from Marks & Co.?

2. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?

3. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?

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

5. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?

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