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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 led to hunger marches in England in the 1930s?
(a) Drought.
(b) Political corruption.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Rising unemployment.

2. With whom did Muv arrange for Jessica to go on a shopping date?
(a) Frannie.
(b) Julia.
(c) Dora.
(d) Emily.

3. Who was the only sibling at Swinbrook with Jessica after her debut season?
(a) Debo.
(b) Tom.
(c) Boud.
(d) Nancy.

4. Which principle did the Mitfords' father strongly believe in?
(a) Heredity.
(b) Equal opportunity.
(c) Nepotism.
(d) Natural capitalism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Uncle Tommy do for a living?

2. How did Jessica fund her trip to Spain?

3. Where did Jessica and Esmond go directly upon arriving in Spain?

4. Where did the Mitfords go on a cruise in spring of 1936?

5. What were Jessica and the other children curious about their aunt who lived in a London flat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jessica think of the Romilly brothers' book?

2. What did Giles Romilly tell Jessica when they met for the first time?

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

4. In the late 1930s, how did Muv try to make Jessica, bored and frustrated with her life, feel better about her future?

5. How did Jessica feel about the wedding of her sister Diana, and why didn't she attend?

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

7. Explain Jessica's relationship with a girl named Rose.

8. With plans to attend university, what worried Jessica about her schooling?

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

10. What did Jessica organize with her friend Peter Nevile?

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