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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impressed Helene about the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) The inscription.
(b) Pages edged in gold.
(c) Rare poems.
(d) Gold letters on the cover.

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

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

4. What day did Helene receive the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Easter.
(c) Cecily's birthday.
(d) Christmas.

5. What does Frank buy in the summer of 1952?
(a) A car.
(b) A plane ticket.
(c) A house.
(d) A dog.

6. Helene apologizes on behalf of America for letting England _____________.
(a) Decay.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Starve.

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. What does Helene threaten to do with the ripped pages of the book she is terribly disappointed by in her October 1951 letter?
(a) Paper her walls.
(b) Mail them to Frank.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Wrap things in them.

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

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

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

15. What does Nora hope Helene can come to England for?
(a) A week at the beach.
(b) A book festival.
(c) The summer.
(d) The Coronation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Helene make as a script writer?

2. What is the only thing Maxine has trouble getting in London because of the rations?

3. What dental work does Helene have to have done in the fall of 1952?

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

5. What new things does Helene ask to be sent to her in her November 2, 1951 letter?

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