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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1951 - 1953.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

2. What dental work does Helene have to have done in the fall of 1952?
(a) Gum surgery.
(b) Her wisdom teeth removed.
(c) Her teeth capped.
(d) A root canal.

3. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?
(a) None is correct.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Pound.
(d) Madam.

4. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?
(a) Send fresh eggs.
(b) Cecily will go to America.
(c) Send her the Dictionary to the Vulgate.
(d) Helene should stay with Frank's family.

5. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Megan Wells.
(c) Ben Marks.
(d) Frank Doel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank do with books that have no covers?

2. What day did Helene receive the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

3. Why does Helene spend her days wearing sweaters and wool slacks?

4. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?

5. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?

(see the answer key)

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