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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. Why did Jessica and Esmond decide to move to America?
(a) To get away from their families.
(b) To avoid the war.
(c) To acquire some free land.
(d) To work for a newspaper.

2. Who sent a telegram that was delivered by the British pro-consul?
(a) Peter Nevil.
(b) Dorothy Allhusen.
(c) Anthony Eden.
(d) Jessica's father.

3. What story was replayed in the New York papers after Jessica and Esmond moved there?
(a) The story of Diana's divorce
(b) The story of Prince Edward's love affair.
(c) The story of Nancy's success.
(d) The story of Jessica and Esmond's elopement.

4. What newspaper did Kay Graham's father own?
(a) The New York Post.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Daily Hampshire Gazette.
(d) The Washington Post.

5. How did the people the Romillys met in Washington feel about the American government's economic programs?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angered.
(d) Negative.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Esmond feel about his job in Washington?

2. What did Dave Scherman tell Jessica and Esmond about Donahue?

3. What did Esmond find a job doing in Washington?

4. What was Michael Straight's position at the magazine for which he worked?

5. What illness did Jessica's daughter contract as a 4-month old?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Esmond come to be part owner of a restaurant in Miami?

2. While living in Washington, D.C., what were the Romillys hired to write and by whom?

3. Whom did Jessica and Esmond ask for permission to marry?

4. With whom did Jessica find a new job in 1939?

5. What did Esmond find a job doing in Washington, D.C.?

6. In the time after they left New York, what would Jessica and Esmond discuss with many of the people they met?

7. What did Jessica realize differed between she and Kay Graham?

8. What did Jessica and Esmond decide to do after Esmond lost his job?

9. Why did Esmond and Jessica decide to go to Washington, D.C.?

10. Where did Jessica and Esmond find employment in London?

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