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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Helene wish her English friends had inscribed the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) The back cover.
(b) A card.
(c) The flyleaf.
(d) The first page.

4. What book does Helene tell Frank she is terribly disappointed with in her October 1951 letter?
(a) Vulgate Latin.
(b) Eric Coates' London Suite.
(c) Pepys' Diary.
(d) Elizabethan Poems.

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

6. Helene's friend Maxine visits London and thinks Marks & Co. is right out of __________________.
(a) Dickens.
(b) Bronte.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Austen.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How old is Bill Humphries' great-aunt who he lives with?
(a) 92.
(b) 101.
(c) 85.
(d) 75.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What recipe does Cecily send Helene in November of 1951?

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

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

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

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