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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 day did Helene receive the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Her birthday.
(d) Cecily's birthday.

2. Who does Frank hope will be elected in his October 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(c) Neville Chamberlain.
(d) Margaret Thatcher.

3. Helene says after she visits England, America will have to apologize for her _____________.
(a) Accent.
(b) Humor.
(c) Bumbling.
(d) Sins.

4. Cruikshank, Rackham and Spy are all English ______________.
(a) Authors.
(b) Roads.
(c) Cities.
(d) Illustrators.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Frank recommend Helene use to clean her Grolier Bible?

3. What does Helene relay to Maxine that her mother is sending her?

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

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

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