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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Helene request the recipe from Cecily?
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Brian's birthday.

2. Who does Helene say she is in her first letter to Marks & Co.?
(a) A wealthy heiress.
(b) A bored housewife.
(c) A poor teacher.
(d) A poor writer.

3. Helene specifically says she does not want any love poems from whom?
(a) Shakespeare or Wadsworth.
(b) Wyatt or Jonson.
(c) Keats or Shelley.
(d) Dickenson or Frost.

4. Helene is afraid the Easter Bunny will find that Frank has died of ____________.
(a) Boredom.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Greed.
(d) Inertia.

5. What impressed Helene about the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?
(a) Gold letters on the cover.
(b) The inscription.
(c) Rare poems.
(d) Pages edged in gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?

2. Cecily Farr asks Helene to keep her letter a secret from whom?

3. What does Frank buy in the summer of 1952?

4. Cecily sends Helene photos that show her husband is what?

5. What does Helene tell Frank she does with the books she no longer wants?

(see the answer key)

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