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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Helene wonders if Frank's last name is ___________.
(a) Irish.
(b) French.
(c) Welsh.
(d) German.

7. What dental work does Helene have to have done in the fall of 1952?
(a) Her wisdom teeth removed.
(b) Her teeth capped.
(c) A root canal.
(d) Gum surgery.

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

9. 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) Helene should stay with Frank's family.
(c) Send her the Dictionary to the Vulgate.
(d) Cecily will go to America.

10. What does Frank recommend Helene use to clean her Grolier Bible?
(a) Soap and soda water.
(b) Professionals.
(c) Dry cloth.
(d) Alcohol.

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

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Helene wants Maxine to write her about?
(a) Inns of the Court.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) Globe Theater.
(d) The tube.

13. What does Helene request that Frank ask the other employees to vote on in October 1951?
(a) Powdered eggs or fresh eggs.
(b) Where Helene should stay in London.
(c) Who should visit Helene.
(d) Which books to send next.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Helene promise her English friends she will try not to get on the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

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

4. Helene says after she visits England, America will have to apologize for her _____________.

5. What does Helene relay to Maxine that her mother is sending her?

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