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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. What did Vera's maternal grandfather do for a living?
(a) He was a writer.
(b) He was a painter.
(c) He was a musician.
(d) He was a professor.

2. How long were Vera and Betty in the hospital due to their illness?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) One week.
(d) Two months.

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

4. Who did Vera have problems with in Chapter 4?
(a) The Head of Nursing.
(b) One of her patients.
(c) Her father.
(d) A doctor at the hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vera volunteer for in Chapter 6?

2. Why did Vera's family move when she was eleven years old?

3. What is the name of the boarding school friend Vera kept in touch with for many years?

4. What did Vera and Roland discuss after having dinner with her parents?

5. What did Vera intend to do after she finished at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vera do to contribute to the war effort in Chapter 4?

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

3. What was Vera's childhood like? What did she like to do as a child?

4. What did Vera agonize over in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

8. Why was Edward not able to enlist in the military when he wanted to? Why was Roland rejected by the military at first?

9. What did Vera have a dream about in Chapter 4?

10. What was Mrs. Heath Jones's influence on Vera?

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