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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. To what group did many of Jessica and Esmond's London friends belong?

2. What did Jessica's father threaten would happen if she did not return from Spain to England?

3. How did Jessica feel about living in Spain with Esmond?

4. What story was replayed in the New York papers after Jessica and Esmond moved there?

5. What did Jessica do while Esmond was selling his wares in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did a friend offer Jessica and Esmond to help with their financial troubles?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the situation in Europe in 1939?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jessica's humor in her memoir. What kind of humor does she use? How does this affect the reader's experience? Of what events does she make light that might be surprising to some?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Jessica's childhood. What did she say about her childhood? What struggles did she face? Did she have a happy childhood? Why or why not? What was her relationship like with her parents and siblings during her childhood? What concerned her in her youth?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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