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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank send to Helene for Christmas 1952?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) The Book-Lovers' Anthology.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) John Donne.

2. What does Helene threaten to do with the ripped pages of the book she is terribly disappointed by in her October 1951 letter?
(a) Wrap things in them.
(b) Mail them to Frank.
(c) Burn them.
(d) Paper her walls.

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

4. Which of the following employees of Marks & Co. was the first to write immediately to thank Helene for her 1951 Easter package?
(a) Frank.
(b) Megan.
(c) Bill.
(d) Cecily.

5. How much does Helene make as a script writer?
(a) $40 per week.
(b) $200 per week.
(c) $20 per week.
(d) $400 per week.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Helene send in her Easter package of 1951?

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

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

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