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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it important for a birthing mother to lay on her left side, rather than her right?
(a) It helps flip the baby.
(b) It is more comfortable.
(c) There is no valid reason for this positioning.
(d) Lying on her right can cause the baby to put pressure on her inferior vena cava.

2. What is the reason Mary gives for her lack of childbirth knowledge?
(a) She grew up in an orphanage.
(b) She never attended school.
(c) She did not listen to her mother when she told her about the birds and the bees.
(d) Her mother died in childbirth.

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

4. How does Julia attempt to revive Delia’s baby?
(a) By slapping her on the back.
(b) She shakes her.
(c) She does not try to revive her.
(d) By doing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

5. What causes Delia to hemorrhage?
(a) Her placenta detaches too quickly from her uterus.
(b) She tears in delivery.
(c) She births only half the afterbirth on her own.
(d) She has to have a c-section.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it thought good to be a bit distant and professional with patients, according to the medical world in this book?

2. Why does Dr. Prendergast not prescribe aspirin for Ita’s fever?

3. Why do the nurses have to bundle the Maternity/Fever ward patients?

4. What is NOT a clue given that Delia is in early labor?

5. Why does Dr. Lynn come to the Maternity/Fever ward in "Red"?

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