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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1951 - 1953.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Helene's friend Maxine visits London and thinks Marks & Co. is right out of __________________.
(a) Austen.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Dickens.

2. What month and year does Helene start her correspondence with Marks & Co.?
(a) June, 1950.
(b) October, 1949.
(c) May, 1949.
(d) September, 1950.

3. Cecily invites Helene to stay with her parents where?
(a) London.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Middlesex.
(d) Tuscany.

4. Where did Helene see the ad for Marks & Co., prompting her to write them?
(a) Bookpress Monthly.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Barnes & Noble.
(d) Saturday Review of Literature.

5. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Hazlitt essays.
(b) Leigh Hunt essays.
(c) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(d) Virginibus Puerisque.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene spill on one of the dollar bills she sends to England in November 1951?

2. What dental work does Helene have to have done in the fall of 1952?

3. What part of the first books that Helene receives from Marks & co. is she afraid to handle?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?

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