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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. Ms. Hanff went to the Actor's Church to see whose ashes?

2. With what was this article to be printed?

3. That afternoon, Ms. Hanff went for a walk in ____________ where she got lost.

4. Who is Laura Davidson?

5. Whose house did they go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ms. Hanff do during the day on Thursday, July 15?

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

3. How did Ms. Hanff get the chance to spend time with Grenfell?

4. What happened after Ms. Hanff insisted on seeing Trinity College and Oriel?

5. What did Ms. Hanff do in Oxford?

6. What happened on Sunday, July 4?

7. What did Ms. Hanff do with Nora and Sheil on Sunday, July 11?

8. How was Ms. Hanff's trip extended? What did she do after she decided to extend her stay?

9. Was Ms. Hanff able to see Joyce Grenfell present a dialogue? Why or why not?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ms. Hanff makes a faux pas at a dinner party.

Part 1) What is a faux pas? What is this faux pas? How do others react to it? How does she react to it? Compare their reactions.

Part 2) What does this reveal about the different cultures? How different are they? In what ways are they different?

Part 3) What are faux pas today in our own culture? How are these faux pas connected to our culture? Are any universal? If so, which ones? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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