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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. For which magazine did Michael Straight work?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) The Saturday Evening Post.
(c) The New Republic.
(d) Life.

2. When did Jessica and Esmond return to London from Corsica?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1936.

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

4. How long did it take for Esmond and Jessica to lose all their money gambling?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Four and a half hours.
(d) Two hours.

5. Where did Esmond find a job working in New York?
(a) An advertising agency.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A lawyer's office.
(d) A political journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which town did Jessica and Esmond live in Spain?

2. What illness did Jessica's daughter contract as a 4-month old?

3. Where did Jessica and Esmond marry?

4. What method did Esmond use to sell his products in Washington?

5. How did Jessica and Esmond amass a large electricity bill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

3. What did Jessica and Esmond decide to do after Esmond lost his job?

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

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

6. How did Esmond come to be part owner of a restaurant in Miami?

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

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

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

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

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