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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is Helene willing to spend on each book from Marks & Co.?
(a) $100.00.
(b) $5.00.
(c) $50.00.
(d) $10.00.

2. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?
(a) Dickenson or Frost.
(b) Wyatt or Jonson.
(c) Keats or Shelley.
(d) Shakespeare or Wadsworth.

3. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?
(a) Studious.
(b) Matronly.
(c) Young and sophisticated.
(d) Very stylish.

4. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?
(a) Frank.
(b) Mr. Marks.
(c) Mr. Cohen.
(d) The rest of the staff.

5. What does Helene send in her Christmas package to Marks & Co?
(a) Six steaks.
(b) A six pound ham.
(c) A dozen eggs.
(d) Sweaters and scarves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cecily's children enjoy most from Helene's Easter package?

2. What is the complete name of the anthology Helene requests Frank send her in late 1950?

3. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?

4. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?

5. How much meat does Helene discover the Londoners are rationed per family in 1949?

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