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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is the first edition book Frank offers to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) $4.00.
(b) $10.00.
(c) $6.00.
(d) $2.00.

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

3. What does Helene do for a living?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Writer.
(d) Shop girl.

4. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?
(a) Aquarian booksellers.
(b) Antiquarian booksellers.
(c) Expensive antiques.
(d) Rare and special.

5. What part of the first books that Helene receives from Marks & co. is she afraid to handle?
(a) Dead-white pages.
(b) Stiff cardboardy covers.
(c) Expensive wrapping.
(d) Soft vellum and heavy cream-colored pages.

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

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

8. Who helps Helene translate British pounds into American dollars?
(a) Her niece's boyfriend.
(b) Her neighbor's boyfriend.
(c) Her British neighbor.
(d) Her British niece.

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

10. Where would Helene have to shop for books in New York City if she didn't have Marks & Co. sending them to her door?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Soho.
(c) Rockefeller Center.
(d) 17th Street.

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

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

13. How does Frank sign off in most his letters to Helene?
(a) Regards.
(b) Sincerely.
(c) Yours faithfully.
(d) With highest regard.

14. What first edition book does Frank offer to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) Pepys' Diary.
(b) Vulgate Latin Bible.
(c) Newman's Idea of a University.
(d) Oxford Book of English Verse.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?

3. Helene says that from where she sits, London is a lot closer than _____________.

4. Whose diary does Helene request Frank send her to help her through the long winter evenings?

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

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