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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 did Uncle Tommy do for a living?
(a) He was a magistrate.
(b) He was a polo player.
(c) He was an artist.
(d) He was an accountant.

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

3. Where was Jessica sent to study with her cousin Idden?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

4. What was the purpose of the Mitfords' cruise?
(a) A matchmaking opportunity.
(b) To have fun in the ship casino.
(c) To introduce the girls to society.
(d) An educational tour.

5. What were Jessica and the other children curious about their aunt who lived in a London flat?
(a) Why she had a scar on her face.
(b) Why she never sent them letters.
(c) Why she never married.
(d) Why she hated her sisters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Jessica feel about meeting Esmond?

3. Who was Dorothy Allhusen?

4. Where was the Mitford home in London?

5. Prince Edward's love affair with which woman scandalized Britain in the late 1930s?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jessica find out about her cousin Esmond in London?

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

4. What sort of education did the Mitford children receive?

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

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

7. What was Jessica and Esmond's boat trip to Spain like?

8. Why didn't the Mitfords immediately approve of Diana's engagement?

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

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

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