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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the pro-consul told to do in the telegram?
(a) Arrest Esmond.
(b) Find Jessica.
(c) Be a witness to Jessica and Esmond's marriage.
(d) Give Jessica some money.

2. What illness did Jessica's daughter contract as a 4-month old?
(a) Polio.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Whooping cough.

3. Who offered to let Esmond and Jessica a house to stay in?
(a) Jessica's aunt.
(b) Dorothy Allhusen.
(c) Esmond's uncle Winston.
(d) Roger Roughton.

4. What were Jessica and Esmond hired to write about?
(a) Their time in Spain.
(b) Their aristocratic backgrounds.
(c) Their political views.
(d) Their experiences in America.

5. Who sent a telegram that was delivered by the British pro-consul?
(a) Peter Nevil.
(b) Dorothy Allhusen.
(c) Jessica's father.
(d) Anthony Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. On their travels, what did Esmond and Jessica discuss with many of the people they met?

2. After returning to London, what did Jessica find that she did not know how to do?

3. Instead of New Orleans, where did the Romillys end up after getting lost?

4. How much did Jessica receive from her trust fund when she turned 21?

5. Upon arriving in New York, what did Jessica and Esmond notice about Americans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Mr. Donahue, and what did he do?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

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