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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead, what did Ms. Hanff and her friends do?
(a) They went on a tour of London.
(b) They had a pleasant dinner.
(c) They stayed in.
(d) They saw A Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. Ms. Hanff finally had to put her foot down when Eddie suggested they do what, without changing?
(a) Visit her new acquaintances.
(b) See a movie.
(c) Go to dinner.
(d) See A Midsummer's Night Dream.

3. Ms. Hanff thinks how a park reflects the people of the city it is in, and how much she would miss ________________ if she ever left New York.
(a) Madison Square Park.
(b) Washington Square Park.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) Central Park.

4. What had her brother given her?
(a) A gift card.
(b) A new purse.
(c) One hundred dollars to spend.
(d) A list of places to visit.

5. Describe Ms. Hanff's hotel room.
(a) Average.
(b) Luxurious.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Plain.

6. Afterward, she went across the street to get some cold medicine and supplies only to discover what?
(a) The store was closed.
(b) They were out of all the cold medication.
(c) They did not sell cold medicine.
(d) A bulletin board covered in questionable advertisements.

7. On Sunday, June 20, Ms. Hanff visited ______________ where she met a ticket taker with whom she discussed roses.
(a) London Tower.
(b) Big Ben.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Russell Square.

8. Mr. Buckley and Ms. Hanff went to _________ where Shakespeare used to be a regular customer.
(a) A pub.
(b) A store.
(c) A theater.
(d) An inn.

9. Ms. Hunff felt this way about the other customers until when?
(a) She got to know them.
(b) She realized many of them were most likely the same kind of people Shakespeare would have seen on his visits.
(c) She left the pub.
(d) They introduced themselves.

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

11. Who was Ms. Hanff's fan at the airport?
(a) Sheila Doel.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Pat Buckley.
(d) Frank Doel.

12. Ms. Hanff got a call from a fan who invited her to visit ___________. Ms. Hanff agreed because she wanted to see the college that John Donne, John Henry Newmann, and Arthur Quiller-Couch had attended, three writers whom Ms. Hanff credits with teaching her a great deal about writing.
(a) Reading.
(b) Eaton.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

13. Ms. Hanff went to her publishers' office from where she was taken to _____________.
(a) Her hotel.
(b) Her book signing.
(c) 84, Charing Cross Road.
(d) A play.

14. Ms. Hanff was horrified when her friends insisted on having lunch at Claridge's without doing what?
(a) Inviting her.
(b) Making reservations.
(c) Inviting their other friends.
(d) Returning to the hotel to change.

15. Ms. Hanff was ______________ the other customers.
(a) Surprised by.
(b) Interested in.
(c) Worried about.
(d) Annoyed by.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an important site pointed out to Ms. Hanff?

2. About what were they asked?

3. On Tuesday, June 29, Ms. Hanff decided to take it easy. Why?

4. What was realized when she arrived here?

5. From there, Ms. Hanff and Mr. Buckley went to _________ where Mr. Buckley had once been a student and saw an historic wall where many of the past students had their names carved upon graduation, including Shelley.

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