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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 want a career as?

2. How many weeks did Vera spend travelling through Europe?

3. What did Vera earn her income from?

4. What is a charlady?

5. What kind of housing did Vera have with her new nursing assignment in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, where did Vera ask to be sent for her next nursing assignment?

2. On what topic did Vera become an accomplished speaker? How in-demand was she as a lecturer?

3. What became of Vera's friends Victor and Geoffrey in Chapter 7?

4. What news did Vera receive from Etaples in Chapter 9?

5. How did Vera pursue her interest in writing in Chapter 10?

6. What was Vera's first assignment upon arriving at the hospital in France?

7. Who was Sir Percy Harris? What position did he offer Vera?

8. After the Armistice, what did Vera spend a lot of time thinking about?

9. What did Roland's mother help Vera to do in Chapter 9?

10. What did Oxford allow for the first time after the war, and what did Vera think of this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Brittain's life during the war. How did the war affect Brittain? What struggles did Brittain face during the war? How did the war change Brittain's world?

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 motif of discrimination in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of discrimination in the book? What discrimination did Brittain face, particularly in regards to her education? How did she handle this discrimination?

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