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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 was Mr. Donahue?

2. In which season did Jessica and Esmond return to London from Corsica?

3. To which state did Donahue invite Jessica and Esmond to travel with him?

4. Where did Esmond find a job working in New York?

5. What illness did Jessica's daughter contract as a 4-month old?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

3. How did Jessica and Esmond lose all their money in France?

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

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

6. Where did Esmond find employment, and how was the pay?

7. With whom did Jessica and Esmond stay in Martha's Vineyard? What types of people did they meet in Martha's Vineyard?

8. What happened to Jessica and Esmond's daughter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author of "Daughters and Rebels." Was Jessica a writer by trade? What other works did she write? Can any connections be made between this memoir and her other works? In what style did she write this book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jessica's struggles throughout the memoir. What caused these obstacles, and how did she deal with them? Was she able to overcome them? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Mitford sisters. Who were they and why were they famous? What was exceptional about these sisters? What defined each sister? What was Jessica's relationship like with each sister?

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