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

2. What first edition book does Frank offer to send Helene in the fall of 1950?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?

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

5. Which of the following in NOT one of the bibles Marks & Co. offered Helene in place of the Bible she requested?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Helene need to stop purchasing books in 1961?

3. What does the staff of Marks & Co. send to Helene to thank her for her generosity?

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

5. What does Helene tell Cecily is her reason for loving books?

6. Why does Helene Hanff write the first letter to the proprietors of the Marks & Co. bookstore in London, England?

7. What shocking news does Helene receive from Marks & Co. in 1968?

8. Why is Sheila going to say a "jolly good prayer" for Helene?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how connections are made in the age of technology versus the age of letters. How has communication changed significantly over the last two decades? Do you think connections like Frank and Helene's are more or less prevalent in the age of technology? Explain your responses using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the purpose is of including Maxine's letters in the book? What context and insight do they give to the storyline?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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