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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Dr. Lynn somewhat concerned for Mary?
(a) She has a high fever.
(b) Her baby is breach.
(c) She is not fully grown and is poorly nourished.
(d) She is not married.

2. What composer is Dr. Lynn listening to on her gramophone in "Blue"?
(a) Bach.
(b) Mendelssohn.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

3. What kind of doctor is Dr. MacAuliffe?
(a) He is not a doctor.
(b) Obstetrician.
(c) A general surgeon.
(d) Plastic surgeon.

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

5. What does Bridie mean by the term nurse-child?
(a) A child who wants to study to be a nurse.
(b) A child who cares for others.
(c) A child who is nursed beyond infancy.
(d) A child up to age four who is boarded out with a foster mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used as thread for Delia's sutures?

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"?

3. Why does a tear drop onto Julia’s skirt near the beginning of "Blue" on her birthday?

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

5. What do the Irish think about family planning measures?

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