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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buckley encouraged Ms. Hanff to visit what the following day?
(a) The Queen's Chapel.
(b) St John's Chapel.
(c) The Guards Chapel.
(d) The Royal Chapel.

2. Describe the person in #13.
(a) He was a big man who had recently been widowed.
(b) She was the wife of her pen pal.
(c) He was her pen pal for many years.
(d) He was an acquaintance of her family.

3. Afterward, they arrived where?
(a) Stratford-on-Avon.
(b) Marston.
(c) Woodstock.
(d) Summertown.

4. Before reaching their destination, Ms. Hanff told the Colonel about what of which a friend had once sent her a postcard?
(a) A monument near there.
(b) A little inn near there.
(c) A little village near there.
(d) A museum near there.

5. Ms. Hunff commented on the ceremony of the guards doing what?
(a) Changing places.
(b) Standing still.
(c) Pacing.
(d) Locking the gate.

6. On Saturday, June 19, Ms. Hanff called Pat Buckley for what reason?
(a) To give him a complementary copy of her book.
(b) In response to a note he sent her about a tour of London.
(c) To see if he would like to meet for dinner.
(d) To ask for directions to St. Paul's Cathedral.

7. The Colonel took her where?
(a) The museum.
(b) The little village.
(c) The little inn.
(d) The monument.

8. About what were they asked?
(a) What it was like meeting after so many years.
(b) Why they decided to finally meet.
(c) How they met.
(d) What they plan to do together.

9. On Saturday, June 25, Ms. Hanff drove where with Mr. Buckley?
(a) To Cambridge.
(b) To St Albans.
(c) To Oxford.
(d) To Windsor.

10. Ms. Hanff went to lunch with Nora where she was told a story of how Nora and Frank once knew a rare book dealer who turned out to be what?
(a) A cop.
(b) A king.
(c) A drug dealer.
(d) A Russian spy.

11. About what did Ms. Hanff learn while at dinner with Nora and her daughter?
(a) Life in England.
(b) More about the wife and daughter of her pen pal.
(c) English history.
(d) Places to visit.

12. Later Ms. Hanff went to Pat Buckley's home where they _______________.
(a) Played bridge.
(b) Had dinner.
(c) Discussed places to see.
(d) Watched a movie.

13. Later in the day, Ms. Hanff and Nora Doel were interviewed where?
(a) At Nora's home.
(b) At Broadcasting House.
(c) At 84, Charing Cross Road.
(d) At the hotel.

14. That night, Ms. Hanff met Joyce Grenfell, her husband, Reggie, and a couple from Australia where for dinner?
(a) At the Waldorf.
(b) At Terra.
(c) At Clos Maggiore.
(d) At Piccadilly Restaurant.

15. When she returned to the hotel, Ms. Hanff found a note waiting for her from Joyce Grenfell. Who is Joyce?
(a) A neighbor from New York.
(b) A famous actress she had long admired.
(c) A friend of her mother's.
(d) A fellow writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ms. Hanff admires the calm and quiet of London, but misses what?

2. Who are Nora and Sheila Doel?

3. Ms. Hanff visited a handful of booksellers before going to what?

4. What did this stop cause?

5. Ms. Hanff went to her publishers' office from where she was taken to _____________.

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