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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?
(a) Frank Doel.
(b) Megan Wells.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Ben Marks.

2. In what form would Marks & Co. prefer to receive payment from Helene?
(a) Personal check.
(b) Credit card.
(c) Cash.
(d) Postal money order.

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

4. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?
(a) How many Christian relatives Helene has.
(b) How badly they treat Jews.
(c) How badly they translated the Latin Bible.
(d) How vulgar they are.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the professor who first got Helene interested in books?

4. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?

5. Whose diary does Helene request Frank send her to help her through the long winter evenings?

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