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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters, 1951 - 1953.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the first letter Helene receives from Marks & Co. signed?
(a) FPD.
(b) FRD.
(c) FDR.
(d) FFD.

2. What new things does Helene ask to be sent to her in her November 2, 1951 letter?
(a) Sheet music.
(b) Hard-cover vocal scores.
(c) Hard-cover first editions.
(d) Playbills.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Christian relatives Helene describes when explaining her views on the Latin Bible?
(a) Presbyterian cousins.
(b) Baptist mother.
(c) Catholic sister-in-law.
(d) Methodist sister-in-law.

4. How many employees are working at Marks & Co. in 1951?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What street in London does Helene tell Cecily she is longing to walk down?

2. Where does Helene wish her English friends had inscribed the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

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

4. What kind of books does Helene's friend Brian buy for a living?

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

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