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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing Maxine has trouble getting in London because of the rations?
(a) Sweets.
(b) Bread.
(c) Nylons.
(d) Meat.

2. Helene tells Maxine in her February 1952 letter that she may not have the __________ to visit Marks & Co. someday.
(a) Desire.
(b) Money.
(c) Time.
(d) Nerve.

3. What is Frank's concern about the gift the booksellers sent to Helene for Christmas 1951?
(a) She might already have one.
(b) It won't fit.
(c) She won't like the color.
(d) She might have to pay a duty.

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

5. Helene says after she visits England, America will have to apologize for her _____________.
(a) Bumbling.
(b) Accent.
(c) Humor.
(d) Sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Helene request the recipe from Cecily?

2. What TV series is Helene writing for?

3. What is the name of Frank and Nora's oldest daughter?

4. What did Helene send in her Christmas 1951 package to Marks & Co. along with two boxes of eggs?

5. What does Frank finally send to Helene two years after she first requested it?

(see the answer keys)

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