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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. Who was injured at Ypres in Chapter 6?

2. What did Vera do after Roland left for France?

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

4. What did Edward tell Vera in a letter in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What change occurred in Vera's parents' lives in Chapter 5?

2. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?

3. Who did Vera strike up a friendship with in Chapter 2?

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

5. What did Vera's father tell her at the end of Chapter 2? How did Edward respond to this?

6. 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?

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

8. Who were Vera's two friends at boarding school?

9. What did Vera have a dream about in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of fear in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of fear in the book? What was Brittain afraid of and why? How did this affect her? How did she deal with her fears? Were her fears realized?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Brittain's education. Why did Brittain want to gain an education? Why was this a struggle to do? What problems did she face during her education?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of the book. Why is the setting of "Testament of Youth" an important element of the book? Why was this time and place so influential on Brittain's life?

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