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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Jessica and the other children curious about their aunt who lived in a London flat?
(a) Why she hated her sisters.
(b) Why she never sent them letters.
(c) Why she had a scar on her face.
(d) Why she never married.

2. What group did Sir Mosley organize?
(a) The British Union of Fascists.
(b) The Nazi Party of the United Kingdom.
(c) The British Socialist Supporters.
(d) The English Anarchy Movement.

3. How does Jessica describe her life during her childhood?
(a) Monotonous.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Inspiring.
(d) Tumultuous.

4. Why did the girl with whom Jessica exchanged letters return home quickly after arriving at Swinbrook?
(a) She became ill.
(b) She was homesick.
(c) She was caught stealing.
(d) She was a lazy worker.

5. At the age of 15, Jessica began to read books about what topic?
(a) The monarchy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Human sexuality.
(d) Life in America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jessica think of her married aunts?

2. Why did Nancy's mother want her work published under a pseudonym?

3. What did Nancy publish in the 1920s?

4. Which school did Jessica's cousins Giles and Esmond attend?

5. What distinguished group did the Mitfords belong to?

(see the answer key)

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