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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Hitler continued to take territory in Europe, what did Esmond sell an article about?
(a) Starting a new life in America.
(b) His experiences in Spain.
(c) The situation in England.
(d) The weaknesses of the Nazi party.

2. What was Esmond's weekly salary at his New York job?
(a) Eighty dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

3. Why were the Mitford girls at one point disallowed from visiting Diana?
(a) She was having an affair.
(b) She had divorced.
(c) She was living in a bad neighborhood.
(d) She was ill.

4. Who owned the business for which Esmond worked?
(a) A playboy millionaire.
(b) A small-time businessman.
(c) A state senator.
(d) An organized-crime kingpin.

5. Students from which university pledged not to support the government in the 1930s?
(a) Durham.
(b) Oxford.
(c) King's College.
(d) Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what school program did Esmond enroll?

2. While traveling, what impressed Jessica and Esmond about Americans?

3. Where did Esmond find a job working in New York?

4. What amazed Jessica about living in Spain?

5. At the age of 15, Jessica began to read books about what topic?

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