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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 is Frank's concern about the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?
(a) She might have to pay a duty.
(b) She might already have one.
(c) It won't fit.
(d) She won't like the color.

2. What does Megan Wells hope for in her April 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Helene will invite her to America.
(b) Helene will visit England.
(c) Helene will send nylons.
(d) Helene will send more eggs.

3. What does Helene do for a living?
(a) Shop girl.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

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

5. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(b) Leigh Hunt essays.
(c) Hazlitt essays.
(d) Virginibus Puerisque.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank recommend Helene use to clean her Grolier Bible?

2. How does Marks & Co. send books to Helene?

3. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?

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

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

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