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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term does Helene complain of being used instead of "cheap" in her letter of January 10, 1958?
(a) Low.
(b) Cruddy.
(c) Reasonable.
(d) Inexpensive.

3. How long does it take Helene to get a reply from Marks & Co. to her first letter?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

4. How much meat does Helene discover the Londoners are rationed per family in 1949?
(a) Three ounces per week.
(b) One chicken per month.
(c) Two ounces per week.
(d) Two 4 ounce steaks per month.

5. What type of place does Helene live in?
(a) A two-story boarding house.
(b) A five-room house.
(c) A five-story brownstone.
(d) A fifty-story high-rise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helene apologizes on behalf of America for letting England _____________.

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

3. Cecily invites Helene to stay with her parents where?

4. What is Frank's concern about the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?

5. How much Grant-in-Aid does Helene win to write American history dramatizations?

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