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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. Where did Vera take a teaching job?
(a) Hounslow.
(b) Ealing.
(c) South Kensington.
(d) Hammersmith.

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

3. What kind of housing did Vera have with her new nursing assignment in Chapter 8?
(a) An inn.
(b) A flat.
(c) A cabin.
(d) A hut.

4. What did Vera and Winifred often have to do because of their jobs?
(a) Attend fancy parties.
(b) Interview prisoners.
(c) Stay awake for days.
(d) Stay out overnight.

5. Who looked down on the V.A.D.s at the civilian hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) The patients.
(b) The doctors.
(c) The administration.
(d) The nurses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After her brother's death, what did Vera lose interest in?

3. Where did Vera take her mother after returning to England in Chapter 9?

4. Where did Vera spend a lot of time after the Armistice?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Vera travel back to England for a visit in Chapter 7?

4. Why was Edward agitated in Chapter 8?

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

6. What was the title of Vera's published novel and what was it about?

7. Who was Sir Percy Harris? What position did he offer Vera?

8. What was life at Etaples like for Vera?

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

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

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