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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Megan Wells hope for in her April 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Helene will send more eggs.
(b) Helene will visit England.
(c) Helene will send nylons.
(d) Helene will invite her to America.

3. What does Helene spill on one of the dollar bills she sends to England in November 1951?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Gin.
(d) Red nail polish.

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

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

6. What is the name of Frank and Nora's oldest daughter?
(a) Janet.
(b) Kate.
(c) Sheila.
(d) Mary.

7. What is the only thing Maxine has trouble getting in London because of the rations?
(a) Bread.
(b) Meat.
(c) Nylons.
(d) Sweets.

8. Maxine thought Marks & Co. had a ____________ smell.
(a) Lovely.
(b) Unpleasant.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Foreign.

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

10. What does the TV producer offer Helene to write for television?
(a) $2.
(b) $40.
(c) $200.
(d) $20.

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

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

13. What company sponsors the TV series Helene is writing for?
(a) Bazooka Bubblegum.
(b) Peter Pan Peanut Butter.
(c) Pall Mall Cigarettes.
(d) Bayuk Cigars.

14. How does Marks & Co. send books to Helene?
(a) FedEx.
(b) Special courier.
(c) Book Post.
(d) UPS.

15. What new things does Helene ask to be sent to her in her November 2, 1951 letter?
(a) Hard-cover vocal scores.
(b) Sheet music.
(c) Hard-cover first editions.
(d) Playbills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helene's friend Maxine visits London and thinks Marks & Co. is right out of __________________.

2. From what company does Helene order the packages that she sends to Marks & Co.?

3. How old is Bill Humphries' great-aunt who he lives with?

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

5. What does Frank finally send to Helene two years after she first requested it?

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