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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 did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?
(a) Bookpress Monthly.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Saturday Review of Literature.
(d) Barnes & Noble.

2. Cecily sends Helene photos that show her husband is what?
(a) In a wheelchair.
(b) In prison.
(c) In the RAF.
(d) In France.

3. How does Marks & Co. send books to Helene?
(a) Book Post.
(b) UPS.
(c) FedEx.
(d) Special courier.

4. What does Helene relay to Maxine that her mother is sending her?
(a) Mayonnaise.
(b) Nylons.
(c) Money.
(d) Nestle bars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What recipe does Cecily send Helene in November of 1951?

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

3. Why does Helene's October 15, 1950 letter to Frank chastise him?

4. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?

5. What year was the Walton's Lives published that Frank sends to Helene in March 1952?

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