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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. How did Jessica feel about living in Spain with Esmond?
(a) Like it was her destiny.
(b) Like it was a living hell.
(c) Like it was a dream.
(d) Like it was a mistake.

2. What did Jessica realize differed between she and Kay?
(a) The way they valued education.
(b) They way they each related to their parents.
(c) The way they spent their money.
(d) Their interest in politics.

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

4. What was the pro-consul told to do in the telegram?
(a) Arrest Esmond.
(b) Be a witness to Jessica and Esmond's marriage.
(c) Give Jessica some money.
(d) Find Jessica.

5. Who offered to let Esmond and Jessica a house to stay in?
(a) Dorothy Allhusen.
(b) Esmond's uncle Winston.
(c) Jessica's aunt.
(d) Roger Roughton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Esmond and Jessica learn was the purpose of the business for which Esmond worked?

2. What did the Durrs ask Jessica and Esmond about at dinner?

3. How long did it take for Esmond and Jessica to lose all their money gambling?

4. What did Esmond plan to do in New Orleans?

5. Who was Horton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

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

3. What was a typical day like for Jessica and Esmond in Bilbao?

4. How did Jessica and Esmond lose all their money in France?

5. What happened to Jessica and Esmond's daughter?

6. What idea did Esmond come up with to make money in America?

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

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

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

10. With whom did Jessica and Esmond stay in Martha's Vineyard? What types of people did they meet in Martha's Vineyard?

(see the answer keys)

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