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

2. Where does Helene think the first edition Frank sent her in 1950 belongs?
(a) A museum.
(b) A library in an English estate.
(c) The garbage.
(d) The Library of Congress.

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

4. What is the complete name of the anthology Helene requests Frank send her in late 1950?
(a) The Penguin's Path.
(b) The Complete works of Q.
(c) The Parish Guild.
(d) The Pilgrim's Way.

5. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?
(a) Ben Marks.
(b) Megan Wells.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Frank Doel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?

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

3. What was the name of the professor who first got Helene interested in books?

4. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?

5. Why does Helene fear her library card will be revoked?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why won't Helene send her payments in money orders instead of cash as the booksellers have requested?

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

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

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

5. What does Nora reveal to Helene after Frank dies?

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

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

8. What does Helene tell Cecily is her reason for loving books?

9. What is the tone of the note Helene sends with her Easter gift to Mark & Co?

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

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