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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 Edward tell Vera in a letter in Chapter 6?

2. What did Mrs. Heath Jones introduce Vera to while she was at school?

3. In which month did Vera's night duty end?

4. What did Edward tell his family about when he returned from camp?

5. Where did Edward say there was a chance his regiment would be sent in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Vera do to contribute to the war effort in Chapter 4?

8. Why was Vera ridiculed by the locals in Buxton in Chapter 2?

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

10. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

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

Discuss the motif of death in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of death in the autobiography? Who died and how did why? How did Brittain handle these deaths? How did they affect her?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret Brittain's family. Describe the members of her immediate family, as well as Brittain's relationship with each member. What conflicts did Brittain have with her family?

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