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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1953 - 1969.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following employees of Marks & Co. was the first to write immediately to thank Helene for her 1951 Easter package?
(a) Megan.
(b) Cecily.
(c) Frank.
(d) Bill.

2. Who made the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?
(a) Frank's eighty year old mother.
(b) Frank's eighty year old neighbor.
(c) Frank's wife.
(d) Cecily's eighty year old grandmother.

3. Helene says after she visits England, America will have to apologize for her _____________.
(a) Humor.
(b) Sins.
(c) Bumbling.
(d) Accent.

4. What kind of club does Helene belong to in 1960?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Republican.
(c) Health.
(d) Ladies Auxiliary.

5. What day did Helene receive the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Her birthday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Cecily's birthday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much Grant-in-Aid does Helene win to write American history dramatizations?

3. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?

4. Helene describes herself to Cecily as being about as smart looking as a________________.

5. What anthology does Helene request Frank send her in late 1950?

(see the answer key)

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