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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Helene apologizes on behalf of America for letting England _____________.
(a) Decay.
(b) Freeze.
(c) Starve.
(d) Disappear.

4. What impressed Helene about the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) The inscription.
(b) Rare poems.
(c) Gold letters on the cover.
(d) Pages edged in gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene threaten to do with the ripped pages of the book she is terribly disappointed by in her October 1951 letter?

2. What is the only thing Maxine has trouble getting in London because of the rations?

3. What dental work does Helene have to have done in the fall of 1952?

4. From what company does Helene order the packages that she sends to Marks & Co.?

5. What does Helene relay to Maxine that her mother is sending her?

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