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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. In what year did Vera make her debut in London?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1910.

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

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

4. Why did Vera's family move when she was eleven years old?
(a) Because her father's job was transferred.
(b) To be near good schools.
(c) To be near her grandparents.
(d) Because they couldn't afford to live in the city anymore.

5. When did Vera sit for her university examination?
(a) On the day WWI began.
(b) Four days before WWI began.
(c) One month before WWI began.
(d) Two weeks before WWI began.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Vera one day while working in the ward?

2. What happened on the train ride from London to Buxton in Chapter 4?

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

4. What did Mrs. Heath Jones introduce Vera to while she was at school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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