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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1949 - 1950.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the professor teach who first got Helene interested in good literature?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cornell.

3. Helene describes herself to Cecily as being about as smart looking as a________________.
(a) Studious librarian.
(b) Distinguished professor.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Broadway panhandler.

4. When does Frank sign his first letter to Helene with his full name instead of initials?
(a) March 1950.
(b) January 1950.
(c) November 1949.
(d) December 1949.

5. Cecily's first letter to Helene describes Frank as being ___________.
(a) Stuffy.
(b) Single.
(c) An older gentleman.
(d) Quite nice looking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month and year does Helene start her correspondence with Marks & Co.?

2. What does Frank do with books that have no covers?

3. Frank thanks Helene for her Christmas package and assures her that the items are things that ________________.

4. What is the long length of time that passes between letters from Marks & Co. in 1950?

5. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?

(see the answer key)

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