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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 was Vera's published novel about?
(a) Her expericences during the war.
(b) Life at Oxford.
(c) Growing up in rural England.
(d) Life in Malta.

2. Whose grave did Vera find in France?
(a) Betty's.
(b) Victor's.
(c) Roland's.
(d) Her cousin's.

3. Compared to Malta, why did Vera like her new work post in Chapter 8?
(a) She had more privacy.
(b) She had more free time.
(c) She had less free time.
(d) She was in a populated area.

4. Who helped Vera publish her work?
(a) Roland's mother.
(b) Vera's father.
(c) Rose Macauley.
(d) Sir John Marriott.

5. Where did Vera take her mother after returning to England in Chapter 9?
(a) To a private clinic.
(b) To the 1st London General Hospital.
(c) To her mother's house.
(d) To Vera's flat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, in which month did Vera and her flatmate leave for a European trip?

2. What kind of rules still existed at Vera's school?

3. Who died while Vera was back in England in Chapter 7?

4. Who did Sir Percy Harris work for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. On what topic did Vera become an accomplished speaker? How in-demand was she as a lecturer?

2. How did Vera and Winifred's odd work schedules cause them problems in Chapter 11?

3. Where did Vera live while working at St. Jude's?

4. What did Vera find out when she reapplied for foreign service in Chapter 9?

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

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

7. What was Vera's first assignment upon arriving at the hospital in France?

8. What was life at Etaples like for Vera?

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

10. How did Vera travel to Malta? What worried Vera during her journey to Malta?

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