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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Helene wants Maxine to write her about?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Globe Theater.
(c) The tube.
(d) Inns of the Court.

2. What essays did Marks & Co. tell Helene would be difficult to find in her first letter from the booksellers?
(a) Selected Essays of Stevenson.
(b) Leigh Hunt essays.
(c) Hazlitt essays.
(d) Virginibus Puerisque.

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

4. Why does Helene fear her library card will be revoked?
(a) For writing in the library books.
(b) For not returning books on time.
(c) For being too demanding of the librarians.
(d) For not checking books out.

5. What TV series is Helene writing for?
(a) Perry Mason.
(b) Ellery Queen.
(c) Hitchcock Presents.
(d) Petticoat Junction.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Helene's English friend tell her the powdered eggs in England taste like?

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

5. What does Frank's wife Nora reveal she has used the tins of dried eggs to trade for?

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