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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1953 - 1969.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helene promise to give to Sheila and Mary's children?
(a) Her Collected Juvenile Works.
(b) Her English tea set.
(c) Her book collection.
(d) U.S. savings bonds.

2. Where does Frank tell Helene all the tourists are making a pilgrimage to in 1965?
(a) Tower of London.
(b) Carnaby Street.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Liverpool.

3. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?
(a) Rare first editions.
(b) History.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Physics.

4. Where had Frank been to buy books in the spring of 1951?
(a) Country estates.
(b) Library sales.
(c) America.
(d) Wales.

5. What does Helene request that Frank ask the other employees to vote on in October 1951?
(a) Who should visit Helene.
(b) Powdered eggs or fresh eggs.
(c) Where Helene should stay in London.
(d) Which books to send next.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helene tells Maxine in her February 1952 letter that she may not have the __________ to visit Marks & Co. someday.

2. Where is Nora from?

3. How does Helene learn of Frank's death?

4. Cecily's first letter to Helene describes Frank as being ___________.

5. Helene expresses in 1963 that while she appreciates the latest book Frank sent, she doesn't like ___________.

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