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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the complete name of the anthology Helene requests Frank send her in late 1950?
(a) The Penguin's Path.
(b) The Complete works of Q.
(c) The Pilgrim's Way.
(d) The Parish Guild.

2. What phrase from the Marks & Co.'s advertisement scares Helene?
(a) Expensive antiques.
(b) Rare and special.
(c) Aquarian booksellers.
(d) Antiquarian booksellers.

3. Who does Frank hope will be elected in his October 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Margaret Thatcher.
(b) Neville Chamberlain.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. What does Helene send in her Christmas package to Marks & Co?
(a) A six pound ham.
(b) A dozen eggs.
(c) Six steaks.
(d) Sweaters and scarves.

5. What year was the Walton's Lives published that Frank sends to Helene in March 1952?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1778.
(c) 1840.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is Helene willing to spend on each book from Marks & Co.?

2. Who says they will gladly put up Helene when she visits England if they are still alive?

3. Helene wonders if Frank's last name is ___________.

4. What does Helene joke that the proprietors of Marks & Co. should inform the Church of England about?

5. What term does Helene hope doesn't mean the same thing in England as it does in America?

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