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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Heath Jones encourage her students to do?

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

3. What did Edward hint that Vera and Roland should do in Chapter 4?

4. Whom did Vera become closer to after Roland died?

5. How many women did Vera share a room with at the hostel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, what happened to Vera one day while working at the hospital? What did Vera do while on leave from work?

4. What were Vera's living arrangements when she started working at the 1st London General Hospital?

5. What did Edward report seeing on his way back from military camp in Chapter 3? What did the townspeople begin to do after the war started?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Brittain's writing. When did she start writing? What genre did she often write in? What struggles did she face as a writer? What were some of her successes?

Essay Topic 2

What is feminism and what issues were at the core of feminism during the first quarter of the 20th century? What were Brittain's viewpoints in regards to feminism? What feminist groups did she join?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conflicts in the autobiography. Who does Brittain have conflict with and why? How does she deal with these conflicts? What causes these conflicts? How do they affect her life?

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