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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. What street in London does Helene tell Cecily she is longing to walk down?
(a) Buckingham Street.
(b) Berkeley Street.
(c) Wimpole Street.
(d) Westminster Street.

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

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

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

5. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Virginibus Puerisque.
(b) Hazlitt essays.
(c) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(d) Leigh Hunt essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?

2. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?

3. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?

4. What year is the Volume II of the Works and Life of Sir Walter Savage Landor that is sent to Helene published?

5. What is the long length of time that passes between letters from Marks & Co. in 1950?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Helene Hanff write the first letter to the proprietors of the Marks & Co. bookstore in London, England?

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

3. What does Helene apologize about in her letter to Cecily?

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

5. Why is Helene upset about the Pepys' Diary sent to her?

6. Where does Helene get her books during the long silence from Mark & Co at the beginning of 1950?

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

8. Why does Helene inquire about the rations in London in a letter to Marks & Co?

9. What does Helene think of the first books she receives from Marks & Co. versus the books she buys in America?

10. How does Frank respond to Helene's jokingly asking for prayers for the Brooklyn Dodgers playing in the World Series that year?

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