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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 month and year does Helene start her correspondence with Marks & Co.?
(a) June, 1950.
(b) September, 1950.
(c) May, 1949.
(d) October, 1949.

2. In what form would Marks & Co. prefer to receive payment from Helene?
(a) Postal money order.
(b) Credit card.
(c) Personal check.
(d) Cash.

3. What year is the Volume II of the Works and Life of Sir Walter Savage Landor that is sent to Helene published?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1893.

4. What was the name of the professor who first got Helene interested in books?
(a) Couch Quinery.
(b) Quiller-Couch.
(c) Captain Quillen.
(d) Quentin Conch.

5. After receiving the Bibles, what book does Helene request next from Marks & Co.?
(a) Aesop's Tales.
(b) Imaginary Conversations.
(c) Greek Myths.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene send in her Christmas package to Marks & Co?

2. How much is the first edition book Frank offers to send Helene in the fall of 1950?

3. What type of place does Helene live in?

4. Frank thanks Helene for her Christmas package and assures her that the items are things that ________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cecily invite Helene to visit England?

3. What information does Frank's wife Nora share in her first letter to Helene?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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