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

2. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?
(a) Sad.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Gulity.
(d) Annoyed.

3. Cecily's first letter to Helene describes Frank as being ___________.
(a) An older gentleman.
(b) Stuffy.
(c) Quite nice looking.
(d) Single.

4. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?
(a) None is correct.
(b) Madam.
(c) Mistress.
(d) Pound.

5. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?
(a) The incorrect billing amount.
(b) The long silence between letters.
(c) The Latin Bible.
(d) The poor condition of the books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?

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

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

4. What does Helene do when she received the first edition from Frank in 1950?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frank drop the "Miss" in his salutation to Helene in the February 14, 1952 letter?

2. Why doesn't Helene hear from Frank the first two months of 1958?

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

4. What terms does Helene play "girl etymologist" for Maxine, and explain?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Cecily describe Frank in her letter to Helene?

10. Why is Helene concerned that Frank may be ripping pages out of books?

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