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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vera often do at the hospital?
(a) Stitched up wounds.
(b) Set bones.
(c) Prepared dressing trays.
(d) Counseled patients.

2. What did Edward need his father's permission to do?
(a) Enter an artistic competition.
(b) Register to vote.
(c) Go to University.
(d) Join the military.

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

4. What is the name of Vera's brother?
(a) Robert.
(b) James.
(c) David.
(d) Edward.

5. Which of Vera's boarding school friends did she lose touch with after becoming a nurse?
(a) Betty.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Hope.
(d) Nina.

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

7. What did Edward tell his father at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) The he failed his university entrance exams.
(b) That he was going to fight in Europe.
(c) That he would go to Harvard.
(d) That he would not attend University unless Vera did

8. What is the name of the boarding school friend Vera kept in touch with for many years?
(a) Rose.
(b) Hope.
(c) Betty.
(d) Winifred.

9. How many women did Vera share a room with at the hostel?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

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

11. What did Vera once have a dream about after finishing University?
(a) London being bombed.
(b) Her wedding.
(c) Edward being lost at sea.
(d) Roland dying in France.

12. How long were Vera and Betty in the hospital due to their illness?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) Two months.

13. When did Roland say he would have leave in Chapter 5?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) March.

14. What field did Roland's mother work in?
(a) Music.
(b) Education.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Nursing.

15. What did Vera do after Roland left for France?
(a) Transferred to an art school.
(b) Focused on writing in Buxton.
(c) Returned to her studies at Oxford.
(d) Started teaching at a nursery school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Vera go back to Buxton in Chapter 3?

2. What did Vera attend while in London to see Roland?

3. What group did Vera become involved in at Oxford in Chapter 3?

4. In which month did Roland leave for the front in France?

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

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