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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1953 - 1969.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Bill Humphries' great-aunt who he lives with?
(a) 85.
(b) 75.
(c) 101.
(d) 92.

2. Who does Frank tell Helene in a 1964 letter that he hasn't heard from in a number of years?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Maxine.
(c) Bill.
(d) Cecily.

3. Who did M. De Tocqueville predict would run the world?
(a) Publishers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Writers.
(d) Lawyers.

4. What does Nora wish they owned in her May 1958 letter to Helene?
(a) Bookshop.
(b) House.
(c) Car.
(d) Dog.

5. Where does Frank live in London?
(a) Above Marks & Co.
(b) 53 Oxford Lane.
(c) 37 Oakfield Court.
(d) Covent Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Helene gets a book of poems by ____________ for a Christmas gift in 1959?

3. Whose music does Frank admit to liking in his 1965 letter to Helene?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the "hordes of tourists" who Frank says have diminished Marks &Co. books supplies in the summer of 1969?

5. Where does Helene think the first edition Frank sent her in 1950 belongs?

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