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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 Vera like to do as a child for amusement?

2. What was Vera reprimanded for doing in Chapter 1?

3. What field did Roland's mother work in?

4. Who was injured at Ypres in Chapter 6?

5. What did Edward need his father's permission to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe a few of the anecdotes that Brittain shares with the reader. Why did she choose to include these anecdotes and what is their significance?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the autobiography Testament of Youth. How did Brittain choose to end the book? Why might she have decided to end the book at this point? Does the book tie up all loose ends? Are there any surprises at the end? Are there any unanswered questions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of separation in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of separation in the book? Who was Brittain separated from and why? How did these separations affect her and her life path?

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