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This test consists of 15 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) Nylons.
(c) Meat.
(d) Bread.

2. What does Megan Wells hope for in her April 1951 letter to Helene?
(a) Helene will send nylons.
(b) Helene will visit England.
(c) Helene will invite her to America.
(d) Helene will send more eggs.

3. What does Helene tell Frank she does with the books she no longer wants?
(a) Throws them away.
(b) Leaves them on a park bench.
(c) Donates them to a library.
(d) Gives them to friends.

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

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

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

7. What does Helene send in her Easter package of 1951?
(a) Meat.
(b) Books of poetry.
(c) Candy.
(d) Nylons.

8. Helene's friend Maxine visits London and thinks Marks & Co. is right out of __________________.
(a) Dickens.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Austen.

9. How does Marks & Co. send books to Helene?
(a) Special courier.
(b) Book Post.
(c) FedEx.
(d) UPS.

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

11. What does Bill Humphries offer to Helene in his April 1951 letter?
(a) To send her free books.
(b) To visit her in America.
(c) To stay with his family in London.
(d) To send her anything from London.

12. From what company does Helene order the packages that she sends to Marks & Co.?
(a) Saks Fifth Avenue.
(b) Overseas Associates.
(c) Macys.
(d) Brimley and Bircher Associates.

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

14. What does Frank send to Helene for Christmas 1952?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) The Book-Lovers' Anthology.

15. What does Nora hope Helene can come to England for?
(a) A week at the beach.
(b) The Coronation.
(c) The summer.
(d) A book festival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day did Helene receive the gift book of poetry from Marks & Co.?

2. What recipe does Cecily send Helene in November of 1951?

3. What does Maxine report to Helene that the bookshelves in Marks & Co. are made of?

4. What does Helene spill on one of the dollar bills she sends to England in November 1951?

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

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