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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Helene tells Maxine in her February 1952 letter that she may not have the __________ to visit Marks & Co. someday.
(a) Time.
(b) Money.
(c) Desire.
(d) Nerve.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What is Frank's concern about the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?
(a) It won't fit.
(b) She might already have one.
(c) She won't like the color.
(d) She might have to pay a duty.

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

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

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

15. What does Helene love to find in secondhand books?
(a) Grocery lists.
(b) Love letters.
(c) Inscriptions.
(d) Bookmarks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helene apologizes on behalf of America for letting England _____________.

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

3. What does Helene send in her Easter package of 1951?

4. What does the TV producer offer Helene to write for television?

5. What company sponsors the TV series Helene is writing for?

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