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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. Who visited Vera near the end of the term in Chapter 4?
(a) Betty.
(b) Roland.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Edward.

2. Why did Vera go back to Buxton in Chapter 3?
(a) For her birthday.
(b) For Christmas.
(c) For a funeral.
(d) For Easter.

3. What did Vera attend while in London to see Roland?
(a) A job interview.
(b) A war fundraiser.
(c) A debutant ball.
(d) A suffrage rally.

4. Where was Roland to be sent in Chapter 2?
(a) North Africa.
(b) Greece.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

5. How did Vera feel about her provincial life?
(a) That it was ideal.
(b) That it was boring.
(c) That is was lonely.
(d) That it was difficult.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Roland's family estate?

2. What did Vera attend at her brother's school in Chapter 2?

3. What did Vera volunteer for in Chapter 6?

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

5. Whom did Vera become closer to after Roland died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Why did Vera consider taking a leave from her schooling in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

9. What was often the topic of conversation when Vera spoke to Edward and wrote to Roland?

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

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