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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Two 4 ounce steaks per month.
(d) Three ounces per week.

2. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?
(a) Pound.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Madam.
(d) None is correct.

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

4. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?
(a) Keats or Shelley.
(b) Wyatt or Jonson.
(c) Dickenson or Frost.
(d) Shakespeare or Wadsworth.

5. 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) 17th Street.
(b) Rockefeller Center.
(c) Times Square.
(d) Soho.

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

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

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

9. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?
(a) Latest edition bestsellers.
(b) Paperbacks.
(c) Rare collectors' editions.
(d) Out-of-print books.

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

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

12. What did Cecily's children enjoy most from Helene's Easter package?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Chocolate candy.
(c) Raisins and eggs.
(d) Toys.

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

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

15. Which of the following in NOT one of the bibles Marks & Co. offered Helene in place of the Bible she requested?
(a) Greek New Testament.
(b) Latin Bible.
(c) Hebrew Bible.
(d) Latin New Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Helene to get a reply from Marks & Co. to her first letter?

2. Where did Helene's friend Brian go to get a money order to send to London?

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

4. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?

5. What kind of England does Helene dream of finding?

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