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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened on the train ride from London to Buxton in Chapter 4?
(a) Roland and Vera got engaged.
(b) Vera told Roland she was going to America.
(c) Roland became ill.
(d) Roland and Vera had their first argument.

2. Who was injured at Ypres in Chapter 6?
(a) Victor.
(b) Edward.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Vera's cousin.

3. What did Vera find out when she went to Brighton to wait for Roland?
(a) That Edward had been wounded.
(b) That her father had had a heart attack.
(c) That Roland had died.
(d) That one of her short stories was to be published.

4. Why did the length of Vera's letters to Roland decrease?
(a) She didn't have time to write to Roland.
(b) She wasn't allowed to say what happened at the hospital.
(c) She ran out of things to say to Roland.
(d) She had to ration her letter-writing paper.

5. What was evident from the way Vera worked after Roland died?
(a) That she felt like she was among family at the hospital.
(b) That she wanted to save others from Roland's fate.
(c) That she no longer liked working at the hospital.
(d) That she didn't believe Roland was dead.

6. Who did Vera have problems with in Chapter 4?
(a) Her father.
(b) A doctor at the hospital.
(c) One of her patients.
(d) The Head of Nursing.

7. In which month did Roland leave for the front in France?
(a) December.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) March.

8. What did Edward tell his family about when he returned from camp?
(a) Witnessing a hotel fire.
(b) Flooding in the north.
(c) A concert he went to.
(d) Seeing trains full of troops.

9. When was Vera's nursing contract with the 1st London General set to expire?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) June.

10. In what year did Vera make her debut in London?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1908.

11. What did Vera intend to do after she finished at Oxford?
(a) Get married.
(b) Work for a newspaper.
(c) Go into nursing.
(d) Continue her studies at Cambridge.

12. What did Vera like to do as a child for amusement?
(a) Dance.
(b) Write.
(c) Draw.
(d) Horseback riding.

13. In Chapter 6, what did Vera tell the Principal at Somerville?
(a) That she would resume her studies the following autumn.
(b) That she would not resume her studies until the war was over.
(c) That women were treated badly at Oxford.
(d) That she wanted to do her studies via correspondence.

14. Which college at the university does Vera decide to enter?
(a) Magdalen College.
(b) Exeter College.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) Somerville College.

15. Which battle made Vera fear for Roland's safety?
(a) The Battle of Lone Pine.
(b) The Battle of Guillemont.
(c) The Battle of Loos.
(d) The Battle of Ypres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vera begin to do volunteer work?

2. What did Edward hint that Vera and Roland should do in Chapter 4?

3. What did the locals ridicule Vera for in Chapter 2?

4. What did Roland's mother think of Vera?

5. What happened to Vera one day while working in the ward?

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