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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marks & Co. apologize to Helene for in the November 26, 1949 letter?
(a) The incorrect billing amount.
(b) The poor condition of the books.
(c) The long silence between letters.
(d) The Latin Bible.

2. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?
(a) Dickenson or Frost.
(b) Shakespeare or Wadsworth.
(c) Keats or Shelley.
(d) Wyatt or Jonson.

3. How much meat does Helene discover the Londoners are rationed per family in 1949?
(a) One chicken per month.
(b) Two ounces per week.
(c) Two 4 ounce steaks per month.
(d) Three ounces per week.

4. What does Helene do when she received the first edition from Frank in 1950?
(a) She leaves it out on a table to look at all day.
(b) She gives it as a gift.
(c) She decides it is too expensive.
(d) She is disappointed in the quality.

5. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?
(a) Mr. Cohen.
(b) The rest of the staff.
(c) Frank.
(d) Mr. Marks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Frank sign his first letter to Helene with his full name instead of initials?

2. What anthology does Helene request Frank send her in late 1950?

3. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?

4. How does Frank sign off in most his letters to Helene?

5. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the staff of Marks & Co. send to Helene to thank her for her generosity?

2. What information does Frank's wife Nora share in her first letter to Helene?

3. Why does Helene inquire about the rations in London in a letter to Marks & Co?

4. What shocking news does Helene receive from Marks & Co. in 1968?

5. What happens to Helene's home in 1956?

6. What does the staff of Marks & Co. do with the 1951 Christmas package Helene sends?

7. What prompts Frank's wife Nora to write Helene for the first time?

8. Why does Cecily write to tell Helene that no Christmas package will be necessary in 1953?

9. What does Helene chastise Frank for in September of 1952?

10. Why is Helene concerned that Frank may be ripping pages out of books?

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