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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what did the letters from Etaples tell Vera?
(a) That the nurses there had all become ill.
(b) That she had to return immediately.
(c) That she had left some of her belongings behind.
(d) That the camp had been bombed.

2. In Chapter 11, what idea had Vera more or less accepted?
(a) That she would never publish a book.
(b) That she would be a spinster.
(c) That her lecturing career was over.
(d) That she would work in politics instead of writing.

3. How did Vera do on her first exams in Chapter 10?
(a) She finished top of her class.
(b) Not as well as Winifred.
(c) She didn't do as well as she had hoped.
(d) She failed.

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

5. Resulting from the societal changes around 1919, what was Vera able to do in Chapter 10?
(a) Receive a grant to start her own business.
(b) Earn a degree from Oxford.
(c) Vote.
(d) Join the army.

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

7. For how many years did Vera lecture on her specialist subject?
(a) Only one year.
(b) More than three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) More than five years.

8. Whose grave did Vera find in France?
(a) Betty's.
(b) Victor's.
(c) Roland's.
(d) Her cousin's.

9. Who mainly was treated at the hospital Vera began working at in Chapter 7?
(a) Torpedo attack survivors.
(b) Bombing victims.
(c) Civilian patients.
(d) Patients with little chance of survival.

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

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

12. Compared to Malta, why did Vera like her new work post in Chapter 8?
(a) She had more privacy.
(b) She had less free time.
(c) She was in a populated area.
(d) She had more free time.

13. Who did Sir Percy Harris work for?
(a) The London Mayor's office.
(b) The London County Council.
(c) The British military.
(d) The League of Nations.

14. What ship did Vera and Betty take to their foreign post?
(a) The Queen Mary.
(b) The Britannic.
(c) The Royal Earnest.
(d) The Discovery.

15. How did Vera view Winifred?
(a) As someone who didn't think for herself..
(b) As someone to act as a role model.
(c) As someone who knew how to get what she wanted.
(d) As someone who sat out the war in a classroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What got lost in Chapter 8?

3. Where did Vera take a teaching job?

4. Why did Vera and Betty grow apart in Chapter 7?

5. What is a charlady?

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