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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. How much money did Esmond borrow from the Meyers to invest in a bar?

2. Where did Esmond find a job working in New York?

3. What did Dave Scherman tell Jessica and Esmond about Donahue?

4. How did Esmond feel about his job in Washington?

5. Where did Jessica and Esmond stay at a small cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jessica and Esmond leave Spain?

2. What happened to Jessica and Esmond's daughter?

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

4. Why did Jessica and Esmond decide to emigrate to America?

5. What was the situation in Europe in 1939?

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

7. How did Jessica and Esmond lose all their money in France?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the class system as it is portrayed in the memoir. Where was Jessica's family in regard to the class system? In what ways did her family try to "keep up appearances"? How was her life dictated by the social rules set out for her class?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conclusion of the memoir "Daughters and Rebels." Did you like the ending? Was it surprising at all? Are there any unanswered questions?

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