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

2. How far were Vera's lodgings from the hospital?
(a) Next door.
(b) Half a mile.
(c) Three miles.
(d) One and a half miles.

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

4. What did Vera's maternal grandfather do for a living?
(a) He was a painter.
(b) He was a musician.
(c) He was a professor.
(d) He was a writer.

5. Where did Vera receive an appointment to work at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) King's College Hospital.
(b) The Royal London Hospital.
(c) Westminster Hospital.
(d) The 1st London General Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was evident from the way Vera worked after Roland died?

2. Why did Vera go back to Buxton in Chapter 3?

3. In Chapter 5, who moved into quarters next to the hospital with Vera and Betty?

4. What did Vera begin to do after she finished school?

5. Where was Edward's regiment sent in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

6. Why was Vera allowed to attend University in Chapter 2?

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

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

9. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

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

(see the answer keys)

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