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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 did Roland's mother think of Vera?
(a) That she was spoiled.
(b) That she was timid.
(c) That she was clever.
(d) That she was charming.

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

3. What was Vera reprimanded for doing in Chapter 1?
(a) Skipping school.
(b) Dressing in boys' clothes.
(c) Talking to her brother's friends.
(d) Taking part in a political protest.

4. What did Edward hint that Vera and Roland should do in Chapter 4?
(a) Move to America.
(b) Elope.
(c) Break up.
(d) Throw Edward a birthday party.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6, what did Vera tell the Principal at Somerville?

4. Where did Edward say there was a chance his regiment would be sent in Chapter 4?

5. After the war began, what did the townspeople do when they began to panic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What change occurred in Vera's parents' lives in Chapter 5?

3. What did Vera do to contribute to the war effort in Chapter 4?

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

5. How did Vera and Roland's relationship progress in Chapter 3?

6. What did Edward report seeing on his way back from military camp in Chapter 3? What did the townspeople begin to do after the war started?

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

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

9. What was Vera's childhood like? What did she like to do as a child?

10. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

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