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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 does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?

2. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?

3. Cecily's letter says that Mr. Martin thinks Helene has _____________.

4. What kind of England does Helene dream of finding?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the tone of the note Helene sends with her Easter gift to Mark & Co?

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

4. What does Nora reveal to Helene that Frank chastises her for?

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

6. What does the staff of Marks & Co. do with the 1951 Christmas package Helene sends?

7. What are some of the places in London that Helene tells Cecily she would like to visit?

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

9. Why is Frank's passion for old books comforting to Helene?

10. How does Helene get nylons to women of Marks & Co.?

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

Discuss how Helene finds a valuable connection in reading the words that many others have read before her.

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