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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julia have Mary do to try to speed up labor in "Red"?
(a) Convalesce.
(b) Squats.
(c) Deep breathing.
(d) Walk around her cot.

2. How does Mary think babies are born?
(a) Doctors cut them out.
(b) From the mother’s belly button.
(c) From the mother's vagina.
(d) From the mother's rear end.

3. What injury has Julia’s brother suffered?
(a) War neurosis.
(b) A missing arm.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A mutilated face.

4. How does Groyne annoy Julia?
(a) He is very quiet and awkward.
(b) He smells bad.
(c) He is mean to her.
(d) He fancies himself a singer and makes up euphemisms for death.

5. Why do the nurses have to bundle the Maternity/Fever ward patients?
(a) They are feverish.
(b) There is no chimney for a fire.
(c) There are cracks in the walls.
(d) They must be kept modest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Julia’s mother die?

2. Why is it important for a birthing mother to lay on her left side, rather than her right?

3. What number pregnancy is Ita Noonan expecting?

4. How does Julia attempt to revive Delia’s baby?

5. Who is Julia Power?

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