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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organization did Jessica join in her teens?
(a) The Lady Birds.
(b) The Sunbeams.
(c) The Girl Guides.
(d) The Girls' Brigade.

2. Where did Jessica and Esmond go directly upon arriving in Spain?
(a) A boxing match.
(b) A post office.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A dinner show.

3. Why did Debo and Jessica leave the school to which they were sent?
(a) Debo hated it.
(b) The school burned down.
(c) Jessica was being picked on.
(d) The war started.

4. Why didn't Jessica attend Diana's wedding?
(a) She got lost on the way to the church.
(b) She had scarlet fever.
(c) The car she was riding in broke down.
(d) She didn't approve of Bryan Guinness.

5. In a phony letter, where did Jessica's cousins invite her to go?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Esmond's surname?

3. What kind of vessel did Jessica and Esmond take to Spain?

4. To Jessica, what was the best part about being a debutante?

5. What group was involved with many of the protests in the 1930s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ruse did Jessica come up with to disguise her plans to go to Spain?

2. Where did Jessica's political beliefs lie in the 1930s?

3. Where did Jessica go for a year around the age of 15-16?

4. What was the Mitfords' home in London like?

5. What were the institutions in which the Mitford family had an interest?

6. After Diana married, how did Jessica's opinion of her change?

7. What did the younger generation blame for the problems of the 1930s?

8. What effect did the friends Nancy invited to visit Swinbrook have on Jessica?

9. What was the Romilly brothers' book about?

10. Why wasn't Jessica able to travel to Spain on the day that had been planned?

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