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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What company sponsors the TV series Helene is writing for?
(a) Bazooka Bubblegum.
(b) Bayuk Cigars.
(c) Peter Pan Peanut Butter.
(d) Pall Mall Cigarettes.

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

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

11. What does Frank finally send to Helene two years after she first requested it?
(a) Pepys' Diary.
(b) Elizabethan poems.
(c) Leigh Hunt.
(d) James Joyce.

12. Why does Helene request the recipe from Cecily?
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Brian's birthday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helene's salary get raised to in 1952?

2. What does Helene tell Frank she does with the books she no longer wants?

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

4. What does Nora hope Helene can come to England for?

5. Cruikshank, Rackham and Spy are all English ______________.

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