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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What got lost in Chapter 8?
(a) Vera's parents' savings.
(b) Vera's manuscript.
(c) Vera's engagement ring.
(d) Edward's baggage.

2. What was the name of the civilian hospital Vera was assigned to in Chapter 9?
(a) St. Paul's.
(b) St. Jude's.
(c) St. Augustus Hospital.
(d) St. Mary's.

3. What did Vera earn her income from?
(a) From tutoring.
(b) Shares in her family business.
(c) A trust left by her grandparents.
(d) From writing for a newspaper.

4. Who was Winifred?
(a) Vera's roommate.
(b) A nurse Vera worked with.
(c) The leader of the Oxford suffrage group.
(d) The secretary of the Debating Society.

5. What kind of rules still existed at Vera's school?
(a) Rules about which classes women could take.
(b) Rules about women playing sports.
(c) Rules about the fraternization of males and females.
(d) Rules about students holding down jobs.

6. How did Vera view Winifred?
(a) As someone who sat out the war in a classroom.
(b) As someone to act as a role model.
(c) As someone who didn't think for herself..
(d) As someone who knew how to get what she wanted.

7. Why did Vera and Betty grow apart in Chapter 7?
(a) Betty and Vera fought over a man.
(b) Vera spent a lot of time alone reading.
(c) Betty became part of the tennis set.
(d) Betty and Vera were too busy to see each other.

8. Where was Queen Alexandra's Hospital located?
(a) Mayfair.
(b) Millbank.
(c) Holborn.
(d) Paddington.

9. In what month did Vera leave Millbank?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) June.

10. What is a charlady?
(a) A chaperone.
(b) A personal assistant.
(c) A housekeeper.
(d) A landlady.

11. What subject did Vera switch to when she returned to Somerville?
(a) History.
(b) Art.
(c) French language.
(d) Archeology.

12. Who did Sir Percy Harris work for?
(a) The London County Council.
(b) The League of Nations.
(c) The London Mayor's office.
(d) The British military.

13. What was the name of the feminist campaign group that Vera was a member of?
(a) Women for England.
(b) The Six Point Group.
(c) The London Suffragettes.
(d) Women's Social and Political Union.

14. How did Vera do on her first exams in Chapter 10?
(a) She didn't do as well as she had hoped.
(b) She finished top of her class.
(c) Not as well as Winifred.
(d) She failed.

15. In Chapter 11, what is said to have been spreading through Europe?
(a) Anti-British feelings.
(b) Unrest.
(c) Communism.
(d) Fascism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vera take a teaching job?

2. In Chapter 7, where was there talk that the hospital staff may be sent from Vera's original foreign post?

3. What kind of housing did Vera have with her new nursing assignment in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 10, in which month did Vera and her flatmate leave for a European trip?

5. What kind of organization did Vera and Winifred join in Chapter 11?

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