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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. Who does Helene say she is in her first letter to Marks & Co.?
(a) A bored housewife.
(b) A wealthy heiress.
(c) A poor teacher.
(d) A poor writer.

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

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

4. What does Helene do when she received the first edition from Frank in 1950?
(a) She decides it is too expensive.
(b) She gives it as a gift.
(c) She is disappointed in the quality.
(d) She leaves it out on a table to look at all day.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank do with books that have no covers?

3. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?

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

5. What type of place does Helene live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Frank's wife Nora share in her first letter to Helene?

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

3. What does Helene chastise Frank for in September of 1952?

4. Why does Helene have to stall her travel plans to England in 1953?

5. Who gives Helene permission to print her correspondence over the years with Frank Doel?

6. Why does Cecily write to tell Helene that no Christmas package will be necessary in 1953?

7. Who writes Helene to thank her for the 1951 Easter package?

8. What does Helene mean when she says, "From where I sit, London's a lot closer than 17th Street"?

9. Why does Helene joke with Frank about the British occupation of New York from 1776 through 1783?

10. Why does Nora wish she and Frank owned their own bookshop?

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