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Helene Hanff
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84, Charing Cross Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Helene Hanff
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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. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?
(a) Barnes & Noble.
(b) Bookpress Monthly.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Saturday Review of Literature.

2. After receiving the Bibles, what book does Helene request next from Marks & Co.?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Imaginary Conversations.
(c) Aesop's Tales.
(d) Greek Myths.

3. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Physics.
(c) History.
(d) Rare first editions.

4. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?
(a) Keats or Shelley.
(b) Dickenson or Frost.
(c) Shakespeare or Wadsworth.
(d) Wyatt or Jonson.

5. How much is the first edition book Frank offers to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) $10.00.
(b) $4.00.
(c) $6.00.
(d) $2.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?

2. What does Helene do for a living?

3. Cecily's letter says that Mr. Martin thinks Helene has _____________.

4. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?

5. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank respond to Helene's jokingly asking for prayers for the Brooklyn Dodgers playing in the World Series that year?

2. How does Helene describe herself in her letter to Cecily?

3. How does Helene respond when Cecily expresses concern for how much Helene spends on the care packages she sends?

4. What does Helene apologize to the London booksellers for on behalf of America?

5. What does Helene chastise Frank for in September of 1952?

6. What does the staff of Marks & Co. do with the 1951 Christmas package Helene sends?

7. Why won't Helene send her payments in money orders instead of cash as the booksellers have requested?

8. What information does Frank's wife Nora share in her first letter to Helene?

9. What news about his daughter, Sheila, does Frank share with Helene in 1963?

10. Who gives Helene permission to print her correspondence over the years with Frank Doel?

(see the answer keys)

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