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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Cecily sends Helene photos that show her husband is what?
(a) In France.
(b) In the RAF.
(c) In prison.
(d) In a wheelchair.

4. When does Frank sign his first letter to Helene with his full name instead of initials?
(a) December 1949.
(b) November 1949.
(c) March 1950.
(d) January 1950.

5. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?
(a) The Latin Bible.
(b) The incorrect billing amount.
(c) The long silence between letters.
(d) The poor condition of the books.

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

7. Which of the following in NOT one of the bibles Marks & Co. offered Helene in place of the Bible she requested?
(a) Hebrew Bible.
(b) Latin New Testament.
(c) Latin Bible.
(d) Greek New Testament.

8. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?
(a) None is correct.
(b) Pound.
(c) Madam.
(d) Mistress.

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

10. What type of place does Helene live in?
(a) A five-room house.
(b) A two-story boarding house.
(c) A fifty-story high-rise.
(d) A five-story brownstone.

11. Cecily invites Helene to stay with her parents where?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Middlesex.
(c) London.
(d) Tuscany.

12. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?
(a) FRD.
(b) FFD.
(c) FDR.
(d) FPD.

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

14. How long does it take Helene to get a reply from Marks & Co. to her first letter?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six months.

15. How much is the first edition book Frank offers to send Helene in the fall of 1950?
(a) $6.00.
(b) $10.00.
(c) $4.00.
(d) $2.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene do when she received the first edition from Frank in 1950?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?

3. What does Helene do for a living?

4. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?

5. How many eggs per month are Londoners rationed per person in 1949?

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