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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take Helene to get a reply from Marks & Co. to her first letter?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six weeks.

2. Who does Frank hope will be elected in his October 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Margaret Thatcher.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Neville Chamberlain.

3. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Physics.
(c) History.
(d) Rare first editions.

4. What first edition book does Frank offer to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) Oxford Book of English Verse.
(b) Vulgate Latin Bible.
(c) Pepys' Diary.
(d) Newman's Idea of a University.

5. What does Helene send in her Easter package of 1951?
(a) Candy.
(b) Nylons.
(c) Books of poetry.
(d) Meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?

2. What novel does Helene finally read and love?

3. What does Helene's English friend tell her the powdered eggs in England taste like?

4. Where had Frank been to buy books in the spring of 1951?

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

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