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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank finally send to Helene two years after she first requested it?
(a) Pepys' Diary.
(b) Elizabethan poems.
(c) Leigh Hunt.
(d) James Joyce.

2. What did Helene send in her Christmas 1951 package to Marks & Co. along with two boxes of eggs?
(a) Whole turkey.
(b) Tins of tongue.
(c) Rack of lamb.
(d) Tins of chocolate.

3. What does Frank buy in the summer of 1952?
(a) A house.
(b) A dog.
(c) A car.
(d) A plane ticket.

4. Helene says that from where she sits, London is a lot closer than _____________.
(a) 17th Street.
(b) Soho.
(c) Rockefeller Plaza.
(d) Times Square.

5. After receiving the Bibles, what book does Helene request next from Marks & Co.?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Aesop's Tales.
(c) Imaginary Conversations.
(d) Greek Myths.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is Helene willing to spend on each book from Marks & Co.?

2. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.

3. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?

4. What kind of England does Helene dream of finding?

5. What does Frank's wife Nora reveal she has used the tins of dried eggs to trade for?

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