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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose diary does Helene request Frank send her to help her through the long winter evenings?
(a) Sam Pepys'.
(b) Anne Frank's.
(c) Frank's.
(d) Cecily's.

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

4. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.
(a) Greed.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Inertia.
(d) Boredom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?

2. What impressed Helene about the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

3. What kind of place does Maxine find to stay during her visit to London?

4. What does Marks & Co. specialize in?

5. What is the long length of time that passes between letters from Marks & Co. in 1950?

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