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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What novel does Helene finally read and love?
(a) Little Women.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) Wuthering Heights.

4. What year was the Walton's Lives published that Frank sends to Helene in March 1952?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1778.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new things does Helene ask to be sent to her in her November 2, 1951 letter?

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

3. How old is Bill Humphries' great-aunt who he lives with?

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

5. What does Nora hope Helene can come to England for?

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