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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. After returning to London, what did Jessica find that she did not know how to do?
(a) Send a telegram.
(b) Household chores.
(c) Drive an automobile.
(d) Buy groceries.

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

3. In the conflict in Europe, which side's position did Esmond support?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Soviets.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The French.

4. Where did Jessica attend a protest meeting held by the Communist Party?
(a) Southampton.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Kent.

5. How did Esmond think that he and Jessica could make money in America?
(a) By gambling.
(b) By working for a newspaper.
(c) By lecturing on English life.
(d) By selling homemade jam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Esmond's weekly salary at his New York job?

2. Where did Jessica and Esmond marry?

3. How did Jessica and Esmond amass a large electricity bill?

4. How long did Jessica and Esmond stay together in America?

5. What newspaper did Kay Graham's father own?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jessica and Esmond decide to emigrate to America?

2. How did Jessica and Esmond end up in Miami?

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

4. What trouble did Jessica and Esmond run into with an electric company?

5. How did Jessica and Esmond spend their first days in New York?

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

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

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

9. What story was replayed in the press when Jessica and Esmond moved to New York?

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

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