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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness did Vera and Betty contract in Chapter 6?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) German measles.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Influenza.

2. What is the name of the school Vera was sent to at age thirteen?
(a) St. Monica's.
(b) St. Anne's.
(c) St. Margaret's.
(d) St. Agatha's.

3. Where did Vera live while working at the 1st London General Hospital?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In a dormitory.
(c) In a hostel.
(d) In an apartment.

4. In Chapter 2, what did Vera spend her time writing?
(a) Novels.
(b) Letters to politicians.
(c) Newspaper articles.
(d) Letters to penpals around the world.

5. Who visited Vera near the end of the term in Chapter 4?
(a) Edward.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Betty.
(d) Roland.

6. Which of Edward's friends did Vera strike up a friendship with in Chapter 2?
(a) Geoffrey.
(b) Harold.
(c) Roland.
(d) Victor.

7. What did Vera's maternal grandfather do for a living?
(a) He was a painter.
(b) He was a writer.
(c) He was a musician.
(d) He was a professor.

8. Where did Vera's family move when she was eleven years old?
(a) Bamford.
(b) Buxton.
(c) Boundary.
(d) Burbage.

9. What group did Vera become involved in at Oxford in Chapter 3?
(a) A suffrage organization.
(b) A pacifism organization.
(c) A humorist group.
(d) A journalism group.

10. In which month did Vera begin her work training after finishing at Oxford?
(a) In November.
(b) In August.
(c) In September.
(d) In June.

11. What did the locals ridicule Vera for in Chapter 2?
(a) Spending most of her time in London.
(b) Speaking Latin in the village.
(c) Studying hard.
(d) Wearing the latest fashions.

12. Where did Vera receive an appointment to work at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) King's College Hospital.
(b) Westminster Hospital.
(c) The Royal London Hospital.
(d) The 1st London General Hospital.

13. Why did Vera's family move when she was eleven years old?
(a) To be near her grandparents.
(b) Because they couldn't afford to live in the city anymore.
(c) To be near good schools.
(d) Because her father's job was transferred.

14. Where did Edward say there was a chance his regiment would be sent in Chapter 4?
(a) The Persian Gulf.
(b) To Berlin.
(c) To Northern Italy.
(d) To a Greek island.

15. Where was Edward's regiment sent in Chapter 4?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was evident from the way Vera worked after Roland died?

2. In Chapter 6, what did Vera tell the Principal at Somerville?

3. What sport did Vera participate in while at Oxford?

4. Why was Roland at first refused by the military?

5. Which of Vera's boarding school friends did she lose touch with after becoming a nurse?

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