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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. After the death of their daughter, to where did Esmond and Jessica travel?

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

3. When did Jessica and Esmond return to London from Corsica?

4. How long did Jessica and Esmond stay together in America?

5. What did Donahue want Jessica and Esmond to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the situation in Europe in 1939?

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 Jessica refuse to have lunch on the ship that Nancy was supposed to have been on?

5. What idea did Esmond come up with to make money in America?

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

7. In the time after they left New York, what would Jessica and Esmond discuss with many of the people they met?

8. What trouble did Jessica and Esmond run into with an electric company?

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

10. Where did Jessica and Esmond find employment in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is socialism? Why did Jessica believe in socialism? How did her belief in socialism affect her personal relationships? How did her belief in socialism influence her life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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