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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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 many Christian relatives Helene has.
(d) How vulgar they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cecily's children enjoy most from Helene's Easter package?

2. Frank thanks Helene for her Christmas package and assures her that the items are things that ________________.

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

4. What does Helene do when she received the first edition from Frank in 1950?

5. What anthology does Helene request Frank send her in late 1950?

Short Essay Questions

1. What doesn't Helene like about the New Testaments sent to her by Marks & Co?

2. How does Helene respond when Cecily expresses concern for how much Helene spends on the care packages she sends?

3. What are some of the places in London that Helene tells Cecily she would like to visit?

4. What kind of books of poems does Helene request from Marks & Co. in her March 25, 1950 letter?

5. Why does Helene's request from the British booksellers decrease by 1968?

6. What is Helene doing for a living in 1964?

7. What is written in the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. bookstore?

8. What does the staff of Marks & Co. send to Helene to thank her for her generosity?

9. How does Cecily describe Frank in her letter to Helene?

10. Why is Frank's passion for old books comforting to Helene?

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