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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Heath Jones encourage her students to do?

2. In which month did Roland leave for the front in France?

3. What did Vera begin to do after she finished school?

4. Who did Vera have problems with in Chapter 4?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Vera ridiculed by the locals in Buxton in Chapter 2?

2. Why did Vera consider taking a leave from her schooling in Chapter 4?

3. What was often the topic of conversation when Vera spoke to Edward and wrote to Roland?

4. As Roland's December leave approached, what did Vera begin to think about?

5. Who were Vera's two friends at boarding school?

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

7. How did Vera settle into life at Oxford?

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

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

10. In Chapter 6, what is said to have occurred beginning in July, and how did this affect Vera's family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the autobiography Testament of Youth. How did Brittain choose to end the book? Why might she have decided to end the book at this point? Does the book tie up all loose ends? Are there any surprises at the end? Are there any unanswered questions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of separation in the autobiography Testament of Youth. What are some examples of separation in the book? Who was Brittain separated from and why? How did these separations affect her and her life path?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the struggles faced by Brittain in the book. What struggles did she face in regards to her education? The war? Her family? Her writing?

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