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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. What kind of shop did Miss Warren run?

2. Where did Jessica and Esmond go for a vacation in June 1939?

3. How long did Jessica and Esmond stay together in America?

4. Which of her sisters did Jessica miss and wonder about while she was in America?

5. What did Jessica realize differed between she and Kay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

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

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

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

8. What was the situation in Europe in 1939?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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