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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. Who delivered the note to the Mitfords saying Jessica and Esmond eloped?

2. What was the name of the magazine Esmond published?

3. What did the children call their father?

4. Which political figure did Boud befriend?

5. What group was involved with many of the protests in the 1930s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jessica and Esmond's boat trip to Spain like?

2. Explain Jessica's relationship with a girl named Rose.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why didn't the Mitfords immediately approve of Diana's engagement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Jessica's time in Spain. Why did she move to Spain? What did she and Esmond do while there? What struggles did they face? Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conclusion of the memoir "Daughters and Rebels." Did you like the ending? Was it surprising at all? Are there any unanswered questions?

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