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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. Whom did Jessica and Esmond ask for permission to get married?

2. Where did Jessica attend a protest meeting held by the Communist Party?

3. What did Jessica and Esmond do with their evenings in Washington?

4. What did Esmond plan to do in New Orleans?

5. Who sent a telegram that was delivered by the British pro-consul?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Jessica realize differed between she and Kay Graham?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Jessica's desire for education growing up. In what form did she receive education during her childhood? What did she fear would happen if she did not receive a proper education? Why didn't her mother allow her to go to school? What did her mother think was the role of women?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what happened to Jessica after her husband's death. Was the direction in which she went surprising? What notable things occurred in her later years?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jessica's time in Spain. Why did she move to Spain? What did she and Esmond do while there? What struggles did they face? Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

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