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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 part of the first books that Helene receives from Marks & co. is she afraid to handle?

2. Whose diary does Helene request Frank send her to help her through the long winter evenings?

3. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?

4. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?

5. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What news about Megan and Cecily does Frank share in 1964?

4. What happens to Helene's home in 1956?

5. How does Cecily describe Frank in her letter to Helene?

6. What does Nora reveal to Helene that Frank chastises her for?

7. Why does Nora wish she and Frank owned their own bookshop?

8. What shocking news does Helene receive from Marks & Co. in 1968?

9. Why does Helene joke with Frank about the British occupation of New York from 1776 through 1783?

10. Why does Helene's request from the British booksellers decrease by 1968?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From a literary standpoint, how does Frank serves as a foil to Helene's razor sharp wit?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Helene finds a valuable connection in reading the words that many others have read before her.

Essay Topic 3

Are Frank and Helene opposites or just two sides of the same coin? Explain your answer using specific events in the book to compare/contrast Frank and Helene.

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