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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. In which month did Roland leave for the front in France?

2. What did Vera begin to do after she finished school?

3. Where did Vera receive an appointment to work at the end of Chapter 4?

4. Where did Vera go for comfort during her last semester at Oxford?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Mrs. Heath Jones's influence on Vera?

2. 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?

3. What was often the topic of conversation when Vera spoke to Edward and wrote to Roland?

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

5. Why wasn't Mina eager to join Vera as a nurse in London?

6. What was Vera's family background? How did her parents meet?

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

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

9. What did Vera decide to do after her contract at the hospital ended in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the struggles faced by Brittain in the book. What struggles did she face in regards to her education? The war? Her family? Her writing?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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