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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Frank send to Helene for Christmas 1952?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) The Book-Lovers' Anthology.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

3. What does Helene joke that she financed for her dentist in her September 1952 letter?
(a) His Porsche.
(b) His summer house.
(c) His honeymoon.
(d) His new house.

4. From what company does Helene order the packages that she sends to Marks & Co.?
(a) Brimley and Bircher Associates.
(b) Saks Fifth Avenue.
(c) Macys.
(d) Overseas Associates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Burn them.
(b) Wrap things in them.
(c) Mail them to Frank.
(d) Paper her walls.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many employees are working at Marks & Co. in 1951?

2. What does Bill Humphries offer to Helene in his April 1951 letter?

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

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

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

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