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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Helene spend her days wearing sweaters and wool slacks?
(a) The landlord turns the heat off during the day.
(b) Her classroom is drafty.
(c) Her store is rarely heated.
(d) The library is often cold.

2. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

3. What is the name of Frank and Nora's oldest daughter?
(a) Mary.
(b) Kate.
(c) Janet.
(d) Sheila.

4. How does Marks & Co. send books to Helene?
(a) UPS.
(b) Special courier.
(c) FedEx.
(d) Book Post.

5. What book does Helene tell Frank she is terribly disappointed with in her October 1951 letter?
(a) Eric Coates' London Suite.
(b) Vulgate Latin.
(c) Pepys' Diary.
(d) Elizabethan Poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene do for a living?

2. What does Cecily imagine Helene to look like?

3. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?

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

5. What month and year does Helene start her correspondence with Marks & Co.?

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