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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Vera think Winifred viewed her?
(a) As someone to make fun of.
(b) As someone to brainstorm with.
(c) As someone to manipulate.
(d) As someone to share secrets with.

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

4. What was Vera ill with after returning from Italy?
(a) Malnutrition.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Jaundice.
(d) Food poisoning.

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

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

7. After Malta, where did Vera ask to be sent for her next nursing assignment?
(a) France.
(b) Greece.
(c) Africa.
(d) Italy.

8. How many weeks did Vera spend travelling through Europe?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Six weeks.

9. 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.

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

11. What was the name of the town Vera was sent to for her next nursing assignment?
(a) Agerola.
(b) Linia.
(c) Etaples.
(d) Matera.

12. Where did Vera and Winifred find a new flat?
(a) Pimlico.
(b) Fitzrovia.
(c) Westbourne Green.
(d) Maida Vale.

13. Which exam did Vera pass in Chapter 10?
(a) English Literature.
(b) Greek.
(c) Modern Art.
(d) Practical Nursing.

14. What illness did Vera contract shortly after arriving at her foreign post?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Scarlet fever.

15. Who did Vera visit in hospitals in Chapter 9?
(a) Former classmates.
(b) People who were with her brother when he died.
(c) Patients who had been transferred from Malta.
(d) Fellow voluntary aid detachment nurses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vera and Winifred decide to travel together?

2. Where did Vera spend a lot of time after the Armistice?

3. Where were Betty and Vera assigned to duty in Chapter 7?

4. Who mainly was treated at the hospital Vera began working at in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 9, where were the nurses in Etaples said to have been sleeping?

(see the answer keys)

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