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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 type of essays does Frank let Helene know he is sending her in February 1951?
(a) Seventeenth Century.
(b) Elizabethan.
(c) Eighteenth Century.
(d) Shakespearean.

2. What kind of England does Helene dream of finding?
(a) One found in the letters.
(b) One from English literature.
(c) One from history books.
(d) One from old war movies.

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

4. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?
(a) Helene should stay with Frank's family.
(b) Send her the Dictionary to the Vulgate.
(c) Cecily will go to America.
(d) Send fresh eggs.

5. What does Nora hope Helene can come to England for?
(a) The summer.
(b) A book festival.
(c) The Coronation.
(d) A week at the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Frank been to buy books in the spring of 1951?

2. How much does Helene make as a script writer?

3. What does Frank buy in the summer of 1952?

4. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?

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

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