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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. Where did Diana and Boud spend most of their time when Jessica was about 16?

2. What organization did Jessica join in her teens?

3. Who of the following did not go on holiday in the spring of 1936?

4. Why did Debo and Jessica leave the school to which they were sent?

5. What caused Jessica to have a fistfight with one of her sisters while on the cruise holiday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did the friends Nancy invited to visit Swinbrook have on Jessica?

2. Where did Jessica's political beliefs lie in the 1930s?

3. In the late 1930s, how did Muv try to make Jessica, bored and frustrated with her life, feel better about her future?

4. What did the younger generation blame for the problems of the 1930s?

5. What sort of education did the Mitford children receive?

6. What did Giles Romilly tell Jessica when they met for the first time?

7. Why was Jessica disappointed by her debut season?

8. Why didn't the Mitfords immediately approve of Diana's engagement?

9. What was Jessica and Esmond's boat trip to Spain like?

10. With plans to attend university, what worried Jessica about her schooling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jessica's humor in her memoir. What kind of humor does she use? How does this affect the reader's experience? Of what events does she make light that might be surprising to some?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Mitford sisters. Who were they and why were they famous? What was exceptional about these sisters? What defined each sister? What was Jessica's relationship like with each sister?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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