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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 Helene tell Frank she does with the books she no longer wants?
(a) Leaves them on a park bench.
(b) Throws them away.
(c) Gives them to friends.
(d) Donates them to a library.

2. What new things does Helene ask to be sent to her in her November 2, 1951 letter?
(a) Hard-cover first editions.
(b) Sheet music.
(c) Playbills.
(d) Hard-cover vocal scores.

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

4. Cruikshank, Rackham and Spy are all English ______________.
(a) Authors.
(b) Roads.
(c) Illustrators.
(d) Cities.

5. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?
(a) Expensive antiques.
(b) Rare and special.
(c) Aquarian booksellers.
(d) Antiquarian booksellers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxine report to Helene that the bookshelves in Marks & Co. are made of?

2. Where did Helene's friend Brian go to get a money order to send to London?

3. What does Helene joke that she financed for her dentist in her September 1952 letter?

4. Who says they will gladly put up Helene when she visits England if they are still alive?

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

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