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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. How did Jessica feel about meeting Esmond?

2. What did Nancy miss about living at Swinbrook?

3. Students from which university pledged not to support the government in the 1930s?

4. What was the purpose of the Mitfords' cruise?

5. What job did Muv offer to the girl with whom Jessica exchanged letters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Romilly brothers' book about?

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

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

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

5. What did Jessica think of the Romilly brothers' book?

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

7. Where did Jessica's political beliefs lie in the 1930s?

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

9. How was Hitler involved with the Mitford family?

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

Essay Topic 3

What is fascism? What did Jessica think of fascism? How did fascism cause problems for Jessica and her family?

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