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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill did one of the children's governesses teach them?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Shoplifting.
(c) Manipulation.
(d) Water polo.

2. Where did Jessica learn that Esmond had run away from school?
(a) From a friend.
(b) From the radio.
(c) From her mother.
(d) From newspaper reports.

3. What did Uncle Tommy do for a living?
(a) He was an accountant.
(b) He was an artist.
(c) He was a magistrate.
(d) He was a polo player.

4. What caused Jessica to have a fistfight with one of her sisters while on the cruise holiday?
(a) A political pamphlet.
(b) A boy.
(c) A swastika pin.
(d) A pair of shoes.

5. With whom did the Mitford children have little contact at Swinbrook?
(a) Each other.
(b) Their father.
(c) Outsiders.
(d) Their extended family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Mitford children call their mother?

2. What distinguished group did the Mitfords belong to?

3. Which political party did the Mitford family traditionally have an interest in?

4. What organization did Jessica join in her teens?

5. Which of the following was in the Mitford home?

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