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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. 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) Where Helene should stay in London.
(d) Which books to send next.

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

5. What does Frank's wife Nora reveal she has used the tins of dried eggs to trade for?
(a) Meat.
(b) Money.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Nylons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill Humphries offer to Helene in his April 1951 letter?

2. What impressed Helene about the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

3. What novel does Helene finally read and love?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Helene wants Maxine to write her about?

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

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