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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT something Julia says the nurses did during their hour breaks, prior to the pandemic?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Read the news aloud.
(c) Knit.
(d) Dance.

2. What does Bridie have that causes her to have swollen knuckles?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) Chilblains.
(c) Hives.
(d) Frostbite.

3. What is Bridie given instead of the frozen cotton Julia had requested?
(a) A wet wash cloth.
(b) A wet sponge.
(c) Wet flax-tow.
(d) Wet moss.

4. As Julia waits for the tram in "Blue," about what does a man sing?
(a) Not wanting to get married.
(b) Not wanting to go to war.
(c) Not wanting to go to work.
(d) Not wanting to catch the flu.

5. From what symptoms does Ita suffer, when the reader first meets her?
(a) She is feverish and in labor.
(b) She is delirious and violent.
(c) She is delirious and feverish.
(d) She is coughing and sneezing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Julia’s mother die?

2. With whom does Julia live?

3. From where does Julia’s second birthday gift come?

4. Why does a Catholic priest speak to Delia?

5. Why does Julia end up delivering Delia’s baby?

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