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

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

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

4. What worried Vera during her voyage to her foreign post?
(a) Seasickness.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) Home sickness.
(d) Submarines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After her brother's death, what did Vera lose interest in?

2. Who was Winifred?

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

4. Where did Vera take her mother after returning to England in Chapter 9?

5. What did Vera and Winifred often have to do because of their jobs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Vera pursue her interest in writing in Chapter 10?

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

3. What did Vera find out when she reapplied for foreign service in Chapter 9?

4. How did Vera travel back to England for a visit in Chapter 7?

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

6. Who did Vera clash with in Chapter 10?

7. What controversy did Vera become involved in in Chapter 10. Who did she meet as a result?

8. How did Vera travel to Malta? What worried Vera during her journey to Malta?

9. Where did Vera and Winifred decide to travel to in Chapter 11 and why?

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

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