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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. Frank thanks Helene for her Christmas package and assures her that the items are things that ________________.
(a) Remind him of a trip to America.
(b) Bring back childhood memories.
(c) Can only be found on the black market.
(d) The bosses enjoyed immensely.

2. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Six.

3. 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 leaves it out on a table to look at all day.
(d) She is disappointed in the quality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?

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

3. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?

4. Cecily invites Helene to stay with her parents where?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cecily request that Helene save any travel plans to England until 1955?

2. What does Nora reveal to Helene that Frank chastises her for?

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

4. How does Helene learn that the other employees of Mark & Co are curious about her?

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

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

7. What news about his daughter, Sheila, does Frank share with Helene in 1963?

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

9. What does the staff of Marks & Co. do with the 1951 Christmas package Helene sends?

10. What happens to Helene's home in 1956?

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