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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 exam did Vera pass in Chapter 10?
(a) Practical Nursing.
(b) English Literature.
(c) Greek.
(d) Modern Art.

2. Who did Vera visit in hospitals in Chapter 9?
(a) Patients who had been transferred from Malta.
(b) Former classmates.
(c) Fellow voluntary aid detachment nurses.
(d) People who were with her brother when he died.

3. What ship did Vera and Betty take to their foreign post?
(a) The Royal Earnest.
(b) The Britannic.
(c) The Discovery.
(d) The Queen Mary.

4. How did Vera think Winifred viewed her?
(a) As someone to manipulate.
(b) As someone to make fun of.
(c) As someone to share secrets with.
(d) As someone to brainstorm with.

5. Who did Vera live with after finishing school?
(a) Winifred.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Roland's parents.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what did the letters from Etaples tell Vera?

2. After Malta, where did Vera ask to be sent for her next nursing assignment?

3. Where did Vera give a lecture in Chapter 11?

4. Compared to Malta, why did Vera like her new work post in Chapter 8?

5. Resulting from the societal changes around 1919, what was Vera able to do in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life at Etaples like for Vera?

2. What did Vera hope to find on her European trip?

3. What did Oxford allow for the first time after the war, and what did Vera think of this?

4. Why was Edward agitated in Chapter 8?

5. How did the process of getting their novels published go for Vera and Winifred?

6. How did Vera pursue her interest in writing in Chapter 10?

7. Why did Vera and Betty grow apart in Malta?

8. In Chapter 11, what were Vera's thoughts on marriage?

9. After the Armistice, what did Vera spend a lot of time thinking about?

10. Where did Vera and Winifred decide to travel to in Chapter 11 and why?

(see the answer keys)

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