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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helene's English friend tell her the powdered eggs in England taste like?
(a) Real eggs.
(b) Paper.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Glue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Helene tell Frank she does with the books she no longer wants?
(a) Donates them to a library.
(b) Leaves them on a park bench.
(c) Throws them away.
(d) Gives them to friends.

10. What year was the Walton's Lives published that Frank sends to Helene in March 1952?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1840.

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

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

13. Who made the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?
(a) Cecily's eighty year old grandmother.
(b) Frank's eighty year old mother.
(c) Frank's eighty year old neighbor.
(d) Frank's wife.

14. What did Helene's salary get raised to in 1952?
(a) $250 per week.
(b) $350 per month.
(c) $250 per script.
(d) $300 per script.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helene send in her Christmas 1951 package to Marks & Co. along with two boxes of eggs?

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

3. What kind of place does Maxine find to stay during her visit to London?

4. What does Frank send to Helene for Christmas 1952?

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

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