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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?
(a) Studious.
(b) Very stylish.
(c) Young and sophisticated.
(d) Matronly.

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

5. 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 badly they translated the Latin Bible.
(c) How vulgar they are.
(d) How many Christian relatives Helene has.

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

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

8. What year is the Volume II of the Works and Life of Sir Walter Savage Landor that is sent to Helene published?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1923.

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

10. What is the long length of time that passes between letters from Marks & Co. in 1950?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five months.
(c) Eight months.
(d) Seven months.

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

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?
(a) Catholic sister-in-law.
(b) Presbyterian cousins.
(c) Methodist sister-in-law.
(d) Baptist mother.

13. 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) Soho.
(b) Times Square.
(c) 17th Street.
(d) Rockefeller Center.

14. Cecily invites Helene to stay with her parents where?
(a) London.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Middlesex.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what form would Marks & Co. prefer to receive payment from Helene?

3. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?

4. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?

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

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