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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While traveling, what impressed Jessica and Esmond about Americans?
(a) Their knowledge of England.
(b) Their wealth.
(c) Their fashion sense.
(d) Their hospitality.

2. How did Esmond think that he and Jessica could make money in America?
(a) By working for a newspaper.
(b) By lecturing on English life.
(c) By gambling.
(d) By selling homemade jam.

3. Instead of New Orleans, where did the Romillys end up after getting lost?
(a) Boston.
(b) Miami.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Baltimore.

4. What was Michael Straight's position at the magazine for which he worked?
(a) Advertising salesman.
(b) Editor.
(c) Art director.
(d) Political columnist.

5. What amazed Jessica about living in Spain?
(a) The amount of poverty.
(b) The architecture.
(c) How much it was like England.
(d) The hospitality of the locals.

6. What were Jessica and Esmond hired to write about?
(a) Their time in Spain.
(b) Their aristocratic backgrounds.
(c) Their political views.
(d) Their experiences in America.

7. What did Jessica and Esmond spend their afternoons doing in Spain?
(a) Scavenging for items to sell.
(b) Sitting on the beach.
(c) Treating patients at a hospital.
(d) Typing up news stories.

8. How did Jessica feel while attending the Communist Party meeting?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Unimpressed.
(d) Intimidated.

9. What illness did Jessica's daughter contract as a 4-month old?
(a) Whooping cough.
(b) Measles.
(c) Polio.
(d) Scarlet fever.

10. Where did Jessica and Esmond spend time visiting Kay Graham?
(a) Westchester County.
(b) Fairfield County.
(c) Putnam County.
(d) Nassau County.

11. In which month did Jessica and Esmond arrive in New York?
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) February.

12. After leaving Spain, which of her sisters did Jessica meet in France?
(a) Boud.
(b) Debo.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Diana.

13. What did Esmond plan to do in New Orleans?
(a) Work as a bartender.
(b) Attend university.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Hold political lectures.

14. In what school program did Esmond enroll?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Hotel management.
(c) Bartending.
(d) Auto repair.

15. Upon arriving in New York, what did Jessica and Esmond notice about Americans?
(a) Their religious convictions.
(b) Their fashion sense.
(c) Their nationalistic feelings.
(d) Their relative poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jessica and Esmond amass a large electricity bill?

2. What made Esmond and Jessica decide to get their American tour started?

3. Who was Horton?

4. How much money did Esmond borrow from the Meyers to invest in a bar?

5. How much money did Donahue tell Jessica and Esmond they had made?

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