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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ms. Hanff had wanted to see London ever since when?
(a) She learned about London in school.
(b) She became Frank's pen pal.
(c) She was a small girl.
(d) She had read Shakespeare.

3. That night Ena arrived with what for Ms. Hanff's cold?
(a) A souvenir.
(b) Some home remedies.
(c) A book.
(d) A letter.

4. How did Ms. Hanff feel about her trip?
(a) Confused.
(b) Sad.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Excited.

5. Ms. Hanff was embarrassed when?
(a) Mr. Buckley seemed excited to see her.
(b) Mr. Buckley told her to change her clothes.
(c) Mr. Buckley did not show up.
(d) Mr. Buckley seemed unhappy with the idea of her wearing pants, something she does routinely.

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

7. Of what was Ms. Hanff afraid?
(a) Hostile fans.
(b) No one would show up to her book signing.
(c) Getting lost.
(d) Being the only one on the tour.

8. Who was supposed to meet Ms. Hanff at the airport?
(a) Mr. Buckley and a fan of her book.
(b) Ms. Hanff's cousin and the Doels.
(c) Nora and Sheila Doel and a fan of her book.
(d) Frank Doel and his family.

9. Afterward, they saw what play?
(a) The Tempest.
(b) King Lear.
(c) A Midsummer's Night Dream.
(d) Hamlet.

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

11. Nora drove Ms. Hanff where for dinner?
(a) To an expensive restaurant.
(b) To Mr. Buckley's home.
(c) To her daughter's house.
(d) To her house.

12. Ena begged Ms. Hanff not to return home too early and to consider doing what?
(a) Renting a home for the summer.
(b) Staying in their country house for the summer.
(c) Staying at their home with them for the summer.
(d) Staying at the hotel for a few more weeks.

13. On Wednesday, June 30, Ms. Hanff received what while attempting to eat her breakfast?
(a) A fax.
(b) Several phone calls.
(c) A text.
(d) A letter.

14. What did Ms. Hanff learn about the ceremony of the guards?
(a) They had been doing this for over one thousand years.
(b) They had done that every night for more than seven hundred years.
(c) They do this every day.
(d) They only stop at night.

15. At a going away party, several friends had given her a gift certificate to __________.
(a) Jarrods.
(b) Harrods.
(c) Macys.
(d) Burtons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later Ms. Hanff went to Pat Buckley's home where they _______________.

2. When she returned to the hotel, Ms. Hanff found a note waiting for her from Joyce Grenfell. Who is Joyce?

3. What did Ms. Hanff do to reassure herself they would be there?

4. That night, Ms. Hanff went to see a play with whom?

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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