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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?
2. How long does it take Helene to get a reply from Marks & Co. to her first letter?
3. What does Frank do with books that have no covers?
4. Where does Helene think the first edition Frank sent her in 1950 belongs?
5. Where would Helene have to shop for books in New York City if she didn't have Marks & Co. sending them to her door?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Helene tell Cecily is her reason for loving books?
2. What news about Megan and Cecily does Frank share in 1964?
3. Why is Helene so thrilled to receive Walton's Lives from Frank in 1952?
4. What news about his daughter, Sheila, does Frank share with Helene in 1963?
5. What happens to Helene's home in 1956?
6. What doesn't Helene like about the New Testaments sent to her by Marks & Co?
7. Why does Cecily write to tell Helene that no Christmas package will be necessary in 1953?
8. What does Helene mean when she says, "From where I sit, London's a lot closer than 17th Street"?
9. Why is Sheila going to say a "jolly good prayer" for Helene?
10. Why does Helene joke with Frank about the British occupation of New York from 1776 through 1783?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The death of Frank marks the end of many things for Helene and the beginning of others. Discuss how Helene must have felt about Frank's death and what changes that it brought to her life.
Essay Topic 2
What does Helene mean when she says she developed her "peculiar taste in books" from a Cambridge professor? Do you think she actually met this person in the library or "fell over" his book? Do you think she means literally "fell over" or metaphorically?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the world of books is just as real to Helene as the world in which she lives.
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