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

2. What did Vera want a career as?

3. What did Vera experience for the first time while she was in London in Chapter 8?

4. What was Vera ill with after returning from Italy?

5. Who mainly was treated at the hospital Vera began working at in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Vera live while working at St. Jude's?

3. Why did Vera and Betty grow apart in Malta?

4. After returning from Europe, what was Vera's main source of income? What were Vera's career ambitions?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 11, what were Vera's thoughts on marriage?

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

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

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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