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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides the flu, what other event is causing massive shortages?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The 30 Years War.
(d) The Civil War.

2. What story does one of the cooks give Bridie for the cause of the flu?
(a) Fish ate dead soldiers, became infected, and then were eaten by people.
(b) God is punishing them all.
(c) Bats were infected and then eaten by people.
(d) The flu virus was created in a science lab.

3. What policing force follows Bridie into the ward?
(a) The Dublin Terrorist Task Force.
(b) The Dublin Metropolitan Police.
(c) The Irish Republican Army.
(d) The British Army.

4. Why is it thought good to be a bit distant and professional with patients, according to the medical world in this book?
(a) They will respect you more.
(b) They will fear you.
(c) They are unworthy of you.
(d) They are uneducated and uncouth.

5. What sensation does Julia mention is turned off in her, while she was at work?
(a) Smell.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Tiredness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since this is Honor’s second pregnancy out of wedlock, how long will she have to stay at the mother-and-baby house?

2. What type of thread would Dr. Lynn have preferred to use on Delia’s sutures?

3. How does Groyne annoy Julia?

4. What is a roentgenograph?

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

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