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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Blue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tim get on as Julia mounts her bicycle in "Blue"?
(a) His motorcycle.
(b) His scooter.
(c) His bicycle.
(d) His horse.

2. How does the poem end that Julia has in her head as she wakes in "Blue"?
(a) I slept and dreamt that life was beauty.
(b) I woke, and found that I was alive.
(c) I woke, and found that life was over.
(d) I woke, and found that life was duty.

3. Who is Miss Ffrench-Mullen?
(a) Julia's good friend.
(b) Dr. Lynn's dear friend with whom she lives.
(c) Bridie's old friend from school.
(d) Dr. Lynn's sister.

4. What does Julia guess is the cause of what she sees on Tim’s face, when she first sees him at the beginning of "Blue"?
(a) He ate some of the cake he had made for Julia’s birthday.
(b) He had been in the garage working on his motorcycle.
(c) He cut himself shaving.
(d) A young rebel called him names and threw rubbish at him.

5. What does Julia whisper in Bridie's ear to tell a doctor regarding Mary's labor?
(a) Julia is concerned Mary is obstructed.
(b) Julia is concerned Mary's pelvis is too small to deliver the baby.
(c) Julia is concerned Mary is preeclamptic.
(d) Julia is concerned Mary is going into shock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the flu, what other event is causing massive shortages?

2. Why does the thermometer break when Bridie puts it in boiling water?

3. Why does Julia give Mary intravenous saline?

4. A first birth often takes how many hours of pushing, according to Julia?

5. Why does Julia have Delia turn around, so her head is at the foot of the bed?

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