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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Vera want a career as?
(a) An activist.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lecturer.
(d) A nurse.

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

5. Who did Vera live with after finishing school?
(a) Rose.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Roland's parents.

6. In Chapter 9, what did the letters from Etaples tell Vera?
(a) That she had to return immediately.
(b) That she had left some of her belongings behind.
(c) That the camp had been bombed.
(d) That the nurses there had all become ill.

7. What did a cable that Vera received in Chapter 7 say?
(a) That Edward had run away from his regiment.
(b) That Edward had been injured.
(c) That Victor had been seriously wounded.
(d) That Vera's father was ill.

8. Where did Vera live while working at the civilian hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) In a mansion.
(b) In the hospital basement.
(c) In a cottage.
(d) In a shared flat.

9. Who did Vera spend a lot of her time with after the Armistice?
(a) Mina.
(b) Betty.
(c) Hope.
(d) Winifred.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Where did Vera spend a lot of time after the Armistice?
(a) London.
(b) Buxton.
(c) Lowestoft.
(d) Brighton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who died in April?

2. On what topic did Vera become an accomplished lecturer?

3. Why did Vera and Betty grow apart in Chapter 7?

4. Which ward was Vera assigned to in Chapter 8?

5. Where did Vera meet with Oswaldo Giacoma?

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