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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 novel does Helene finally read and love?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Little Women.
(c) Middlemarch.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

2. What does Bill Humphries offer to Helene in his April 1951 letter?
(a) To visit her in America.
(b) To send her anything from London.
(c) To send her free books.
(d) To stay with his family in London.

3. How much does Helene make as a script writer?
(a) $40 per week.
(b) $400 per week.
(c) $200 per week.
(d) $20 per week.

4. Why does Helene's October 15, 1950 letter to Frank chastise him?
(a) For using crumpled book pages as packing material.
(b) For using poor grammar.
(c) For sending the wrong books.
(d) For not having love poems.

5. Where did Helene's friend Brian go to get a money order to send to London?
(a) Times Square.
(b) 17th Street.
(c) Rockefeller Plaza.
(d) 42nd Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene's English friend tell her the powdered eggs in England taste like?

2. Who does Cecily tell Helene that she is going on vacation with?

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

4. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?

5. How does Helene feel about the first edition that Frank sends in 1950?

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