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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the only thing Maxine has trouble getting in London because of the rations?
(a) Bread.
(b) Nylons.
(c) Meat.
(d) Sweets.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Maxine thought Marks & Co. had a ____________ smell.

2. What TV series is Helene writing for?

3. What does Megan Wells hope for in her April 1951 letter to Helene?

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

5. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?

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