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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was the Walton's Lives published that Frank sends to Helene in March 1952?

2. What does Nora hope Helene can come to England for?

3. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?

4. What does Helene love to find in secondhand books?

5. What does Helene request that Frank ask the other employees to vote on in October 1951?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the exchange of letters a small documentary of events in American and British popular culture in the 1950s and 1960s?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss how the love of language and the craft of writing are important to the people in the book on both sides of the Atlantic.

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