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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the consensus of the rest of the "inmates" at Marks & Co. on the vote Helene asked Frank to take?
(a) Cecily will go to America.
(b) Send fresh eggs.
(c) Helene should stay with Frank's family.
(d) Send her the Dictionary to the Vulgate.

2. 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.

3. From what company does Helene order the packages that she sends to Marks & Co.?
(a) Overseas Associates.
(b) Macys.
(c) Brimley and Bircher Associates.
(d) Saks Fifth Avenue.

4. What does Megan Wells hope for in her April 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Helene will invite her to America.
(b) Helene will send more eggs.
(c) Helene will visit England.
(d) Helene will send nylons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helene's salary get raised to in 1952?

2. What does Helene promise her English friends she will try not to get on the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

3. What does Helene spill on one of the dollar bills she sends to England in November 1951?

4. What does Maxine report to Helene that the bookshelves in Marks & Co. are made of?

5. Where had Frank been to buy books in the spring of 1951?

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