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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Nancy miss about living at Swinbrook?
(a) Seeing her friends.
(b) The country air.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Having servants.

2. How did Muv try to solve the boredom and monotony of Jessica's life?
(a) With shopping.
(b) With travel.
(c) With parties.
(d) With schooling.

3. What was the name of the poor girl with whom Jessica exchanged letters?
(a) Rose.
(b) Doris.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Lizzie.

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

5. What item did Jessica and Esmond purchase by charging it to Farve's account?
(a) A camera.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A radio.
(d) A tent.

6. Where did the Mitfords live for several months after their holiday cruise?
(a) Bath.
(b) Blackpool.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

7. What establishment did Jessica find Esmond had opened in London?
(a) A library.
(b) A center for runaway boys.
(c) A poetry house.
(d) An education center.

8. How did Jessica feel about meeting Esmond?
(a) Intimidated.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Curious.
(d) Excited.

9. Who did Jessica learn was in Spain fighting?
(a) Tom.
(b) Giles.
(c) Esmond.
(d) Peter.

10. At the end of Chapter 12, why did Jessica want to meet Esmond?
(a) She had heard that he was handsome.
(b) She wanted his help to escape from home.
(c) She wanted to correct him about what he wrote in his book.
(d) She related to his section of the book he published with his brother.

11. 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 married.
(c) Why she had a scar on her face.
(d) Why she never sent them letters.

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

13. Where had Diana gone to study?
(a) Paris.
(b) Munich.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

14. Where did the Mitfords go on a cruise in spring of 1936?
(a) New York.
(b) The Baltic.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) France.

15. What year was it at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1928

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Muv, what did marriage result in?

2. Where did Diana and Boud spend most of their time when Jessica was about 16?

3. Where were Debo and Jessica sent to school for a while?

4. What was Sir Mosley's first name?

5. What group did Sir Mosley organize?

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