第一题问题是一个一般疑问句,也被称为Yes-No Question(疑问句),需要根据事实来回答,符合事实回答yes;不符合事实回答No.根据文章内容、句子(过去)时态,可回答为No,it wasn't.再或者是根据事实回答的基础上进一步说明是什么时间,答:No, it was two weeks before Christmas./或者No,it wasn't.It was two weeks before Christmas.
第二题是过去时态的特殊疑问句,具体问题具体回答。短文的第二句话已经明确的给出了该题的答案,即:She bought a lot of Christmas cards.
从文章倒数第二自然段的句子“There were many Christmas cards in it." 和最后一段怀特先生的直接引语“These are from last year" "I forgot to post them"来看,箱子里那时装着的是说话时之前一年的未寄送出的圣诞卡片。所以我提供的答案是Many Christmas cards from last year were in it.或者省略掉"from last year"这个后置定语也可以,或许这样更能方便小孩子理解句子。