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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill Humphries do for Marks & Co.?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Buyer.
(c) Cataloguer.
(d) Assistant.

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

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

4. What does Frank's wife Nora reveal she has used the tins of dried eggs to trade for?
(a) Money.
(b) Meat.
(c) Nylons.
(d) Medicine.

5. Who says they will gladly put up Helene when she visits England if they are still alive?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Mrs. Boulton.
(c) Frank.
(d) Mr. Marks.

6. What does Helene promise her English friends she will try not to get on the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) Coffee and chocolate.
(b) Wine and crumbs.
(c) Gin and ashes.
(d) Tears and smears.

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

8. What TV series is Helene writing for?
(a) Perry Mason.
(b) Hitchcock Presents.
(c) Petticoat Junction.
(d) Ellery Queen.

9. What did Helene send in her Christmas 1951 package to Marks & Co. along with two boxes of eggs?
(a) Whole turkey.
(b) Tins of tongue.
(c) Rack of lamb.
(d) Tins of chocolate.

10. What recipe does Cecily send Helene in November of 1951?
(a) Treacle tart.
(b) Yorkshire Pudding.
(c) Christmas pudding.
(d) Scones.

11. What does Frank recommend Helene use to clean her Grolier Bible?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Soap and soda water.
(c) Dry cloth.
(d) Professionals.

12. Where does Helene wish her English friends had inscribed the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) The first page.
(b) The back cover.
(c) A card.
(d) The flyleaf.

13. What is Frank's concern about the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?
(a) She might already have one.
(b) It won't fit.
(c) She might have to pay a duty.
(d) She won't like the color.

14. What does Helene call Frank in her February 9, 1952 letter?
(a) Rat.
(b) Snail.
(c) Tortoise.
(d) Sloth.

15. What does Helene relay to Maxine that her mother is sending her?
(a) Nylons.
(b) Money.
(c) Mayonnaise.
(d) Nestle bars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the TV producer offer Helene to write for television?

3. What does Helene tell Frank she does with the books she no longer wants?

4. What does Maxine report to Helene that the bookshelves in Marks & Co. are made of?

5. What does Helene send in her Easter package of 1951?

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