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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Julia says that if a lesson is not taught right or at all, who can you blame?
(a) The administration.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The student.
(d) The school.

2. Since Julia has reservations about what they might be filling up the sausages with these days, what does she decide to have for breakfast instead in "Blue"?
(a) A piece of war bread.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Black coffee.

3. Of what faith is it assumed Dr. Lynn is?
(a) Agnostic.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

4. Why does Dr. Lynn not send Ita for a roentgenograph?
(a) it would show her chest congestion but not how to heal it.
(b) It would show if she had any broken bones.
(c) It would show if she had a heart condition but not how to treat it.
(d) It would show how high her temperature is but not how to lower it.

5. What is used as thread for Delia's sutures?
(a) Polyester.
(b) Cat gut.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Silk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the five characteristics of many illnesses, as described by Julia?

2. Who is Miss Ffrench-Mullen?

3. How does the poem end that Julia has in her head as she wakes in "Blue"?

4. What time is actually more perilous to the health of a woman than the week before delivery?

5. What does Bridie mean by the term nurse-child?

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