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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 was evident from the way Vera worked after Roland died?
(a) That she wanted to save others from Roland's fate.
(b) That she felt like she was among family at the hospital.
(c) That she didn't believe Roland was dead.
(d) That she no longer liked working at the hospital.

2. What is the name of the school Vera was sent to at age thirteen?
(a) St. Anne's.
(b) St. Margaret's.
(c) St. Agatha's.
(d) St. Monica's.

3. Which of Vera's boarding school friends did she lose touch with after becoming a nurse?
(a) Betty.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Nina.
(d) Hope.

4. In Chapter 5, who moved into quarters next to the hospital with Vera and Betty?
(a) Marjorie.
(b) Winifred.
(c) Mina.
(d) Grace.

5. Which university did Vera's father agree to send her to?
(a) Oxford.
(b) York.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) St. Andrews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vera attend while in London to see Roland?

2. What is the name of Vera's brother?

3. Where did Vera's parents move to from Buxton?

4. What did Vera's coworkers tease her about in Chapter 5?

5. What sport did Vera participate in while at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why wasn't Mina eager to join Vera as a nurse in London?

3. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

4. What illness did Vera and Betty contract in Chapter 6?

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

6. Why was Vera ridiculed by the locals in Buxton in Chapter 2?

7. What were Vera's living arrangements when she started working at the 1st London General Hospital?

8. What did Vera decide to do after her contract at the hospital ended in Chapter 6?

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

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

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