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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 did the Durrs ask Jessica and Esmond about at dinner?

2. How much money did Donahue tell Jessica and Esmond they had made?

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

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

5. Where did Jessica and Esmond marry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story was replayed in the press when Jessica and Esmond moved to New York?

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

4. What did the Durrs ask Jessica and Esmond about when they visited for dinner?

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

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

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

8. Why did Jessica and Esmond decide to emigrate to America?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the class system as it is portrayed in the memoir. Where was Jessica's family in regard to the class system? In what ways did her family try to "keep up appearances"? How was her life dictated by the social rules set out for her class?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss some of the anecdotes in the memoir. Why might Jessica have decided to share these particular memoirs with the reader? In what tone are these anecdotes written? What do they tell us about the author?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jessica's relationship with Esmond. How did they meet? What did they have in common? How did they interact with each other? What struggles did Esmond face?

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