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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 sport did Vera participate in while at Oxford?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Rowing.
(c) Show jumping.
(d) Field hockey.

2. Where did Vera's family move when she was eleven years old?
(a) Burbage.
(b) Buxton.
(c) Boundary.
(d) Bamford.

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

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

5. Who was injured at Ypres in Chapter 6?
(a) Edward.
(b) Vera's cousin.
(c) Victor.
(d) Geoffrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far were Vera's lodgings from the hospital?

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

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

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

5. In which month did Roland leave for the front in France?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Edward not able to enlist in the military when he wanted to? Why was Roland rejected by the military at first?

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

3. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

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

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

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

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

8. As Roland's December leave approached, what did Vera begin to think about?

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

10. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?

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