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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What led to hunger marches in England in the 1930s?

2. What kind of vessel did Jessica and Esmond take to Spain?

3. Where did the Mitfords go on a cruise in spring of 1936?

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

5. How did Muv try to solve the boredom and monotony of Jessica's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With an awareness of poverty, what idea did Jessica come up with as a child?

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

4. What did the younger generation blame for the problems of the 1930s?

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

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

7. What effect did the friends Nancy invited to visit Swinbrook have on Jessica?

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

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

10. What did Jessica think about her aunts and uncles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jessica's time in America. Why did she and Esmond move there? What struggles did they face while there? What people did they meet in America? How did they make ends meet?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jessica's desire to run away as a child. What prompted her to dream of doing this? How did she prepare for such an event? What finally led her to run away? Did she ever regret doing this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jessica's desire for education growing up. In what form did she receive education during her childhood? What did she fear would happen if she did not receive a proper education? Why didn't her mother allow her to go to school? What did her mother think was the role of women?

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