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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Oxford exam did Vera sit and pass in Chapter 3?
(a) Greek.
(b) Biology.
(c) Modern history.
(d) Latin.

2. What group did Vera become involved in at Oxford in Chapter 3?
(a) A journalism group.
(b) A pacifism organization.
(c) A humorist group.
(d) A suffrage organization.

3. Whom did Vera become closer to after Roland died?
(a) Victor.
(b) Rose.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) The Head Nurse.

4. What did Edward tell Vera in a letter in Chapter 6?
(a) That he had gotten engaged.
(b) That he was returning to England.
(c) That he had been wounded.
(d) That he was leaving the army.

5. Which of Edward's friends did Vera strike up a friendship with in Chapter 2?
(a) Roland.
(b) Geoffrey.
(c) Victor.
(d) Harold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Roland to be sent in Chapter 2?

2. Who did Mina have an affair with in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 2, where did Edward and his friends intend to go after their school term ended?

4. How did Vera act at work after Roland's death?

5. How long were Vera and Betty in the hospital due to their illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what is said to have occurred beginning in July, and how did this affect Vera's family?

2. Why was Vera allowed to attend University in Chapter 2?

3. What did Vera's father tell her at the end of Chapter 2? How did Edward respond to this?

4. What did Vera find out when she returned home to Buxton from Lowestoft?

5. What was Vera's family background? How did her parents meet?

6. In Chapter 5, what happened to Vera one day while working at the hospital? What did Vera do while on leave from work?

7. Where did Vera meet Roland when he returned to England in Chapter 4? What happened on their train journey?

8. How did Vera change after Roland's death?

9. What did Vera have a dream about in Chapter 4?

10. Who were Vera's two friends at boarding school?

(see the answer keys)

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