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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?
(a) Send fresh eggs.
(b) Cecily will go to America.
(c) Helene should stay with Frank's family.
(d) Send her the Dictionary to the Vulgate.

5. What does Helene love to find in secondhand books?
(a) Bookmarks.
(b) Inscriptions.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Grocery lists.

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

7. What does Maxine report to Helene that the bookshelves in Marks & Co. are made of?
(a) Ash.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Oak.
(d) Pine.

8. What kind of place does Maxine find to stay during her visit to London?
(a) Hotel.
(b) Boarding house.
(c) Hostel.
(d) Bed-sitter.

9. 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) Gin and ashes.
(c) Wine and crumbs.
(d) Tears and smears.

10. 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) Gives them to friends.
(d) Throws them away.

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

12. What does Bill Humphries offer to Helene in his April 1951 letter?
(a) To send her free books.
(b) To visit her in America.
(c) To stay with his family in London.
(d) To send her anything from London.

13. What does Helene send in her Easter package of 1951?
(a) Candy.
(b) Nylons.
(c) Meat.
(d) Books of poetry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following employees of Marks & Co. was the first to write immediately to thank Helene for her 1951 Easter package?

2. Helene apologizes on behalf of America for letting England _____________.

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

4. Who made the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?

5. Where does Helene wish her English friends had inscribed the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

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