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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On Monday, June 28, Ms. Hanff attempted to get her silk dress pressed, but discovered what?
(a) The dress no longer fit.
(b) The dress was not where she thought it was.
(c) The dress could not be pressed.
(d) The hotel was not set up for that sort of services.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two themes of the novel that are touched upon?

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

3. Why did Ms. Hanff feel this way?

4. Ms. Hanff had wanted to see London ever since when?

5. At a going away party, several friends had given her a gift certificate to __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who meets Ms. Hanff at the airport?

2. What do Ms. Hanff's friends do for her before she leaves?

3. What did Ms. Hanff do at Russell Square?

4. Why is Ms. Hanff's book called "84, Charring Cross Road?"

5. What did Ms. Hanff do with Joyce Grenfell and her husband?

6. What happened at Broadcasting House?

7. Why is Ms. Hanff nervous?

8. What did Ms. Hanff and Mr. Buckley do first when they drove to Windsor?

9. Describe Ms. Hanff's book signing.

10. How did the Colonel entertain Ms. Hanff on the way to Stratford-on-Avon?

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