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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. While traveling, what impressed Jessica and Esmond about Americans?
(a) Their wealth.
(b) Their fashion sense.
(c) Their knowledge of England.
(d) Their hospitality.

2. What did Jessica realize differed between she and Kay?
(a) They way they each related to their parents.
(b) Their interest in politics.
(c) The way they spent their money.
(d) The way they valued education.

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

4. How did Jessica feel about living in Spain with Esmond?
(a) Like it was a mistake.
(b) Like it was her destiny.
(c) Like it was a dream.
(d) Like it was a living hell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owned the business for which Esmond worked?

2. After returning to London, how did Esmond try to earn extra money?

3. Who helped Jessica and Esmond translate news from the radio?

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

5. Where did Jessica and Esmond spend time visiting Kay Graham?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

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

7. With whom did Jessica find a new job in 1939?

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

9. How did Jessica and Esmond spend their first days in New York?

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

(see the answer keys)

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