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

2. Why did the girl with whom Jessica exchanged letters return home quickly after arriving at Swinbrook?
(a) She was caught stealing.
(b) She was a lazy worker.
(c) She was homesick.
(d) She became ill.

3. How old was Jessica around the time of Diana's wedding?
(a) Thirteen years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Ten years old.

4. What did Muv frequently play on the piano to which Jessica was forced to sing along?
(a) Nursery songs.
(b) Church hymns.
(c) French music.
(d) Nazi songs.

5. Where did Mrs. Mitford have a home that the family occasionally visited?
(a) Coventry.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Abingdon.
(d) High Wycombe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children call their father?

2. What group did Sir Mosley organize?

3. Where did Jessica learn that Esmond had run away from school?

4. What was Esmond's surname?

5. Which school did Jessica's cousins Giles and Esmond attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jessica and Esmond intend to cover their expenses in Spain?

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

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

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

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

6. How was Hitler involved with the Mitford family?

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

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

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

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

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