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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a reason that Dr. Lynn gives for allowing Juiia to give medicine without a doctor's authority?
(a) Julia is competent.
(b) Julia is given permission to give a limited number of medical treatments, including alcohol, chloroform, or morphine.
(c) Dr. Lynn is busy with half a dozen wards.
(d) Midwives are now considered doctors because of the war.

2. 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 uneducated and uncouth.
(d) They are unworthy of you.

3. Which is NOT one of Dr. Lynn’s areas of expertise?
(a) Ophthalmology.
(b) Obstetrics.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Dentistry.

4. Why does Julia not hurry to clean up the mess after Delia gives birth?
(a) She does not want to step between Dr. Lynn and Delia.
(b) She does not know what to do.
(c) She needs to leave it all as evidence.
(d) She has another emergency.

5. Who is Julia Power?
(a) The hospital volunteer.
(b) The author of the book.
(c) The narrator and protagonist.
(d) The junior nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used as anesthesia for Delia?

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

3. What training does the narrator have?

4. How did Julia’s mother die?

5. What does Julia have Mary do to try to speed up labor in "Red"?

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