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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when she tried to have lunch in the shop?

2. Afterward, they went back to Laura's for _______ and then returned to London.

3. Where did she buy a dress?

4. What is a mew?

5. Nora gave Ms. Hanff some pictures of whom to take home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ms. Hanff do with Sheila on Friday, July 23?

2. At the hotel, what did a tourist say to Ms. Hanff? Why might they have done this?

3. What took place on Saturday, July 10?

4. What note did Ms. Hanff find? Who was it from?

5. What did Ms. Hanff do on Friday, July 9?

6. What happened on Saturday, July 3?

7. What did Ms. Hanff do on the way to dinner with Jean and Ted Ely?

8. What did Ms. Hanff agree to do while at dinner with Leo and Ena?

9. How did Ms. Hanff finally make it to dinner at Nora's?

10. What took place on Saturday, July 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ms. Hanff had been interested in London since she was a small girl.

Part 1) Why did this interest come about? Why would this create such an interest in London?

Part 2) How does this childhood dream become a reality? How does it also create anxiety and certain expectations?

Part 3) In what have you been interested since you were a small child? Why? How could your dreams become reality?

Essay Topic 2

Ms. Hanff is uncomfortable with her celebrity status.

Part 1) Describe her celebrity status. How does she gain this celebrity status? Why is she uncomfortable with it?

Part 2) Should she have expected this sort of treatment? Why or why not? Should she be uncomfortable with it? Why or why not?

Part 3) Can one be successful at a field such as writing and not gain celebrity status? Why or why not? Would you want to be famous? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Ms. Hanff's stay is extended.

Part 1) Why is her stay extended? How does she feel about this? What does she do with this extra time? How does it enhance her trip?

Part 2) Why does she not continue it for longer? Should she have stayed longer? Why or why not? What clues were given to show she was slightly homesick?

Part 3) What would you have done with an extra ten days? What types of activities would you have participated in? Why?

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