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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 method did Esmond use to sell his products in Washington?

2. Who offered to let Esmond and Jessica a house to stay in?

3. How did Jessica feel while attending the Communist Party meeting?

4. As Hitler continued to take territory in Europe, what did Esmond sell an article about?

5. How did Esmond think that he and Jessica could make money in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Esmond find a job doing in Washington, D.C.?

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

4. Why did Esmond and Jessica decide to go to Washington, D.C.?

5. While living in Washington, D.C., what were the Romillys hired to write and by whom?

6. How did Esmond come to be part owner of a restaurant in Miami?

7. What was a typical day like for Jessica and Esmond in Bilbao?

8. Why did Jessica refuse to have lunch on the ship that Nancy was supposed to have been on?

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

10. What did Jessica think of the protest meeting held by the Communists that she attended?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

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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