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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. Whose diary does Helene request Frank send her to help her through the long winter evenings?
(a) Frank's.
(b) Cecily's.
(c) Sam Pepys'.
(d) Anne Frank's.

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

3. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?
(a) Matronly.
(b) Studious.
(c) Young and sophisticated.
(d) Very stylish.

4. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?
(a) FRD.
(b) FFD.
(c) FPD.
(d) FDR.

5. Why does Helene fear her library card will be revoked?
(a) For not returning books on time.
(b) For not checking books out.
(c) For writing in the library books.
(d) For being too demanding of the librarians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.

3. After receiving the Bibles, what book does Helene request next from Marks & Co.?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Helene's response to Frank inquiring if she would like a first edition of Newman's Idea of a University?

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

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

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

7. What is the tone of Helene's reply to Maxine's letter describing Marks & Co.?

8. What news about Megan and Cecily does Frank share in 1964?

9. Why does Nora wish she and Frank owned their own bookshop?

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

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