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Helene Hanff

84, Charing Cross Road | Quiz

Helene Hanff
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1)

Why does Helene request the recipe from Cecily? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Easter.
Christmas.
Her birthday.
Brian's birthday.
2)

What kind of books had Helene told Frank she was buying more of in 1969? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

English novels.
American history books.
Jane Austen.
Oliver Cromwell.
3)

How old is Bill Humphries' great-aunt who he lives with? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

75.
85.
92.
101.
4)

Which of the following employees of Marks & Co. was the first to write immediately to thank Helene for her 1951 Easter package? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Megan.
Frank.
Bill.
Cecily.
5)

What does Helene promise her English friends she will try not to get on the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Tears and smears.
Coffee and chocolate.
Gin and ashes.
Wine and crumbs.
6)

What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Send her the Dictionary to the Vulgate.
Send fresh eggs.
Cecily will go to America.
Helene should stay with Frank's family.
7)

Whose music does Frank admit to liking in his 1965 letter to Helene? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

The Rolling Stones.
Elvis.
Sony and Cher.
The Beatles.
8)

How does Helene learn of Frank's death? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Telegram.
Phone call.
Letter.
Newspaper.
9)

What does Helene request that Frank ask the other employees to vote on in October 1951? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Who should visit Helene.
Which books to send next.
Where Helene should stay in London.
Powdered eggs or fresh eggs.
10)

What does Bill Humphries offer to Helene in his April 1951 letter? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

To send her free books.
To visit her in America.
To send her anything from London.
To stay with his family in London.
11)

Who does Helene compare herself to in her January 1958 letter? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Jane Eyre.
Elizabeth Bennett.
Mrs. Miniver.
Miniver Cheevy.
12)

Who made the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Frank's eighty year old neighbor.
Frank's eighty year old mother.
Frank's wife.
Cecily's eighty year old grandmother.
13)

Helene apologizes on behalf of America for letting England _____________. (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Freeze.
Starve.
Disappear.
Decay.
14)

What had Helene discovered makes the perfect page cutter? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Pearl handled fruit knife.
Gold butter knife.
Silver nail scissors.
Ivory steak knife.
15)

What does Megan Wells hope for in her April 1951 letter to Helene? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Helene will send nylons.
Helene will send more eggs.
Helene will invite her to America.
Helene will visit England.
16)

Who does Frank report to Helene has been taken to live in a home in the spring of 1956? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Mrs. Boulton.
George Martin.
Bill Humphries.
Cecily Farr.
17)

Who did M. De Tocqueville predict would run the world? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Lawyers.
Politicians.
Writers.
Publishers.
18)

Who says they will gladly put up Helene when she visits England if they are still alive? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Cecily.
Frank.
Mrs. Boulton.
Mr. Marks.
19)

What kind of books is Helene writing in 1964? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Ghost writing autobiographies.
Children's history books.
Tell-all biographies.
British history books.
20)

Which of the following is NOT one of the "hordes of tourists" who Frank says have diminished Marks &Co. books supplies in the summer of 1969? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Americans.
Russians.
French.
Scandinavians.
21)

What does Helene threaten to do with the ripped pages of the book she is terribly disappointed by in her October 1951 letter? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Paper her walls.
Burn them.
Mail them to Frank.
Wrap things in them.
22)

Who does Helene ask Frank's family to pray for in the fall of 1955? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

The Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Boston Red Sox.
The New York Mets.
The New York Yankees.
23)

What did Helene send in her Christmas 1951 package to Marks & Co. along with two boxes of eggs? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

Whole turkey.
Rack of lamb.
Tins of tongue.
Tins of chocolate.
24)

Why is Helene evicted from her apartment in 1957? (from Letters, 1953 - 1969)

Loud parties.
Unpaid rent.
Building renovations.
Books stacked in the hallway.
25)

What does the TV producer offer Helene to write for television? (from Letters, 1951 - 1953)

$200.
$20.
$2.
$40.
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