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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who died while Vera was back in England in Chapter 7?
(a) Victor.
(b) Edward.
(c) Geoffrey.
(d) Betty.

2. What was the title of Vera's published novel?
(a) The Lament of the Demobilised.
(b) Honourable Estate.
(c) The Dark Tide.
(d) The Superfluous Woman.

3. How long did Vera spend submitting her first novel to publishers?
(a) Two years.
(b) Three months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

4. What was Vera's published novel about?
(a) Life in Malta.
(b) Life at Oxford.
(c) Growing up in rural England.
(d) Her expericences during the war.

5. What did Vera feel she had to lecture about?
(a) Industrialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Bolshevism.
(d) Feminism.

6. What did Vera spend a lot of time thinking about after the Armistice?
(a) Travelling in Europe.
(b) Writing.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Whether to go back to Oxford.

7. In the 1920s, many women were dismissed from their jobs for what reason?
(a) They were married.
(b) They were unmarried.
(c) They were pregnant.
(d) They had children.

8. What did Vera experience for the first time while she was in London in Chapter 8?
(a) Voting.
(b) A wartime rally.
(c) A bombing raid.
(d) A meeting with a publisher.

9. What is a charlady?
(a) A chaperone.
(b) A landlady.
(c) A personal assistant.
(d) A housekeeper.

10. Who was Winifred?
(a) The secretary of the Debating Society.
(b) A nurse Vera worked with.
(c) The leader of the Oxford suffrage group.
(d) Vera's roommate.

11. After her brother's death, what did Vera lose interest in?
(a) Writing.
(b) The war.
(c) Politics.
(d) Eating.

12. After her brother's death, what did Vera publish?
(a) Magazine articles about Malta.
(b) A collection of short stories.
(c) A book of verse.
(d) A novel.

13. What did a cable that Vera received in Chapter 7 say?
(a) That Edward had run away from his regiment.
(b) That Victor had been seriously wounded.
(c) That Edward had been injured.
(d) That Vera's father was ill.

14. What was the name of the feminist campaign group that Vera was a member of?
(a) The Six Point Group.
(b) The London Suffragettes.
(c) Women's Social and Political Union.
(d) Women for England.

15. What did Vera find out when she reapplied for foreign service in Chapter 9?
(a) That she had to take another nursing course.
(b) That she would be shipped out immediately.
(c) That she was banned.
(d) That the rules had changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship did Vera and Betty take to their foreign post?

2. Which ward was Vera assigned to in Chapter 8?

3. On what topic did Vera become an accomplished lecturer?

4. What was the name of the hospital where Vera worked at her foreign post?

5. Where did Vera and Winifred find a new flat?

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