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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 part of the first books that Helene receives from Marks & co. is she afraid to handle?
(a) Soft vellum and heavy cream-colored pages.
(b) Expensive wrapping.
(c) Dead-white pages.
(d) Stiff cardboardy covers.

2. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?
(a) Expensive antiques.
(b) Aquarian booksellers.
(c) Antiquarian booksellers.
(d) Rare and special.

3. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Greed.
(d) Inertia.

4. 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.

5. How much is the first edition book Frank offers to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) $10.00.
(b) $6.00.
(c) $4.00.
(d) $2.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helene think the first edition Frank sent her in 1950 belongs?

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

3. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?

4. Helene says that from where she sits, London is a lot closer than _____________.

5. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helene explain to Frank is her reason that she doesn't care for fiction?

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

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

4. What are Helene's friend Maxine's impressions when she visits Marks & Co. in London?

5. Why is Helene so thrilled to receive Walton's Lives from Frank in 1952?

6. Why does Helene lose her job as a TV script writer?

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

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

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

10. What prompts Frank's wife Nora to write Helene for the first time?

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