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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Vera's family move when she was eleven years old?
(a) Burbage.
(b) Bamford.
(c) Buxton.
(d) Boundary.

2. Where did Edward do his officer's training? Sandgate.
(a) London.
(b) Bath.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Bristol.

3. Where did Vera begin to do volunteer work?
(a) A hospital in Cornwall.
(b) A hospital in Dorset.
(c) A hospital in Devonshire.
(d) A hospital in Wiltshire.

4. How far was the location of Vera's training from Buxton?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) One hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Ten minutes.

5. Where did Vera receive an appointment to work at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) King's College Hospital.
(b) Westminster Hospital.
(c) The 1st London General Hospital.
(d) The Royal London Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Vera's father retire?

2. In Chapter 6, what did Vera tell the Principal at Somerville?

3. Which of Edward's friends did Vera strike up a friendship with in Chapter 2?

4. When was Vera's nursing contract with the 1st London General set to expire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why wasn't Mina eager to join Vera as a nurse in London?

3. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 5, what happened to Vera one day while working at the hospital? What did Vera do while on leave from work?

5. How did Vera and Roland's relationship progress in Chapter 3?

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

7. Why was Vera allowed to attend University in Chapter 2?

8. What were Vera's living arrangements when she started working at the 1st London General Hospital?

9. What illness did Vera and Betty contract in Chapter 6?

10. What was Vera's family background? How did her parents meet?

(see the answer keys)

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