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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. About what did Ms. Hanff learn while at dinner with Nora and her daughter?
(a) More about the wife and daughter of her pen pal.
(b) English history.
(c) Places to visit.
(d) Life in England.

2. Ms. Hanff had just boarded the flight to London despite what fact?
(a) She did not want to fly on the plane.
(b) She had just been released from the hospital after an unscheduled surgery.
(c) She will ill.
(d) She was not packed.

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

4. Ms. Hanff went to Deusch's to get some of her royalties to pay for what?
(a) Her souvenirs.
(b) Her travel expenses.
(c) The hotel bill.
(d) Her meals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Afterward, they saw what play?

2. Ms. Hanff had always wanted to do what?

3. Describe Ms. Hanff's hotel room.

4. What prompted her to be interested in London?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ms. Hanff learn about the Tower of London?

2. What did the Colonel and Ms. Hanff do on the way to Stratford-on-Avon?

3. What does Ms. Hanff do for most of the day on Tuesday, June 29? Why?

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

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

6. What took place at the dinner at Nora's house?

7. Why is Ms. Hanff so interested in London?

8. Who meets Ms. Hanff at the airport?

9. Why did Ms. Grenfell have trouble taking Ms. Hanff home?

10. What took place the evening of Wednesday, June 30?

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