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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Vera make notes for in Chapter 10?
(a) A letter of protest.
(b) A novel she intended to write.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A speech at the university.

4. Where did Vera take her mother after returning to England in Chapter 9?
(a) To her mother's house.
(b) To a private clinic.
(c) To Vera's flat.
(d) To the 1st London General Hospital.

5. What did Vera find out when she reapplied for foreign service in Chapter 9?
(a) That she was banned.
(b) That she would be shipped out immediately.
(c) That the rules had changed.
(d) That she had to take another nursing course.

6. Where did Vera meet with Oswaldo Giacoma?
(a) Naples.
(b) Florence.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Rome.

7. Legislation was being passed in England for what purpose around 1919?
(a) To ban alcohol consumption.
(b) To reform the British school system.
(c) To make conscription illegal.
(d) For better equality between men and women.

8. Why did Vera ask for leave at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Betty needed Vera's help.
(b) Vera had been contacted by a publisher.
(c) Vera's mother was sick.
(d) Vera's brother was injured.

9. Compared to Malta, why did Vera like her new work post in Chapter 8?
(a) She had more privacy.
(b) She had more free time.
(c) She had less free time.
(d) She was in a populated area.

10. In Chapter 7, where was there talk that the hospital staff may be sent from Vera's original foreign post?
(a) Mesopotamia.
(b) Gallipoli.
(c) Italy.
(d) Salonika.

11. In Chapter 11, what idea had Vera more or less accepted?
(a) That her lecturing career was over.
(b) That she would never publish a book.
(c) That she would be a spinster.
(d) That she would work in politics instead of writing.

12. In the 1920s, many women were dismissed from their jobs for what reason?
(a) They were unmarried.
(b) They were pregnant.
(c) They were married.
(d) They had children.

13. Who looked down on the V.A.D.s at the civilian hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) The patients.
(b) The doctors.
(c) The administration.
(d) The nurses.

14. Where did Vera take a teaching job?
(a) Hounslow.
(b) South Kensington.
(c) Ealing.
(d) Hammersmith.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Vera earn her income from?

3. Why did Vera and Winifred's charlady quit?

4. After her brother's death, what did Vera publish?

5. What was the name of the civilian hospital Vera was assigned to in Chapter 9?

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