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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Debo and Jessica sent to school for a while?
(a) High Wycombe.
(b) Ashford.
(c) Oakdale.
(d) London.

2. While Jessica was planning to go to Spain, where was Muv making plans to go?
(a) On a world cruise.
(b) To visit family in London.
(c) On a vacation in Italy.
(d) To live in Paris for a year.

3. Where was Jessica sent to study with her cousin Idden?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

4. What was the name of the poor girl with whom Jessica exchanged letters?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) Doris.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Rose.

5. Where did Diana and Boud spend most of their time when Jessica was about 16?
(a) In London.
(b) At Swinbrook.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In Germany.

6. What did Jessica think of her married aunts?
(a) They were amazing.
(b) They were rather stuffy.
(c) They were bored.
(d) They were crazy.

7. Where did the Mitfords go on a cruise in spring of 1936?
(a) New York.
(b) The Baltic.
(c) France.
(d) The Mediterranean.

8. How did Jessica fund her trip to Spain?
(a) She secretly worked in a shop.
(b) With her trust-fund money.
(c) With her "Running Away" savings account.
(d) She stole money from her parents.

9. Whom did The Society of Hons fight against?
(a) Hons of the World.
(b) The Menacing Hon-Bunch.
(c) We Are The Hons.
(d) The Horrible Counter-Hons.

10. Students from which university pledged not to support the government in the 1930s?
(a) King's College.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Durham.
(d) Cambridge.

11. According to Muv, what did marriage result in?
(a) Being able to relax.
(b) Utter happiness.
(c) Money to do the things you've always wanted to do.
(d) A woman having things to keep her busy.

12. Which school did Jessica's cousins Giles and Esmond attend?
(a) Wellington College.
(b) Lancaster University.
(c) University of Exeter.
(d) Oxford University.

13. What group did Sir Mosley organize?
(a) The English Anarchy Movement.
(b) The British Socialist Supporters.
(c) The British Union of Fascists.
(d) The Nazi Party of the United Kingdom.

14. Who was the only sibling at Swinbrook with Jessica after her debut season?
(a) Tom.
(b) Debo.
(c) Boud.
(d) Nancy.

15. Why did Debo and Jessica leave the school to which they were sent?
(a) The war started.
(b) Debo hated it.
(c) The school burned down.
(d) Jessica was being picked on.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who greeted Jessica and Esmond when they arrived in Spain?

2. What were Jessica and the other children curious about their aunt who lived in a London flat?

3. What did Tom study at school?

4. Where did Jessica and Esmond go directly upon arriving in Spain?

5. With whom did Muv arrange for Jessica to go on a shopping date?

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