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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 did Nancy publish in the 1920s?

2. Where was the Mitford home in London?

3. What did the children call their father?

4. Where did Esmond open his establishment in London?

5. In which town did the Mitfords' mother give gifts to the poor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ruse did Jessica come up with to disguise her plans to go to Spain?

2. How did Jessica feel about the wedding of her sister Diana, and why didn't she attend?

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

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

5. Where did Jessica go for a year around the age of 15-16?

6. What was the Society of Hons?

7. What was the Romilly brothers' book about?

8. How was Hitler involved with the Mitford family?

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

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 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 2

Discuss some of the anecdotes in the memoir. Why might Jessica have decided to share these particular memoirs with the reader? In what tone are these anecdotes written? What do they tell us about the author?

Essay Topic 3

What is pacifism? Did Jessica believe in pacifism? Why or why not? What are the principles of pacifism?

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