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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 8, where did Edward indicate he may be sent to fight?
(a) China.
(b) Africa.
(c) Italy.
(d) Palestine.

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

6. What was the title of Vera's published novel?
(a) Honourable Estate.
(b) The Superfluous Woman.
(c) The Lament of the Demobilised.
(d) The Dark Tide.

7. Who helped Vera publish her work?
(a) Rose Macauley.
(b) Vera's father.
(c) Sir John Marriott.
(d) Roland's mother.

8. In Chapter 7, who died in April?
(a) Victor.
(b) Betty.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Edward.

9. What did Vera and Winifred often have to do because of their jobs?
(a) Stay out overnight.
(b) Attend fancy parties.
(c) Interview prisoners.
(d) Stay awake for days.

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

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

12. For how many years did Vera lecture on her specialist subject?
(a) More than five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Only one year.
(d) More than three years.

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

14. 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 and Vera were too busy to see each other.
(d) Betty became part of the tennis set.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Vera get to meet as a result of her writing?

2. Compared to Malta, why did Vera like her new work post in Chapter 8?

3. Where did Vera take a teaching job?

4. How did Vera do on her first exams in Chapter 10?

5. What worried Vera during her voyage to her foreign post?

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