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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What policing force follows Bridie into the ward?
(a) The Irish Republican Army.
(b) The Dublin Metropolitan Police.
(c) The British Army.
(d) The Dublin Terrorist Task Force.

2. What is the result of Tim’s injury?
(a) He cannot write.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He cannot see.

3. Why is Ita Noonan’s hair cut?
(a) To lower her fever.
(b) She has lice.
(c) All patients have their hair cut.
(d) Her hair is greasy.

4. Why does Julia end up delivering Delia’s baby?
(a) Dr. MacAuliffe is in surgery.
(b) Julia demands she deliver the baby.
(c) No doctor replaces Dr. MacAuliffe.
(d) Dr. MacAuliffe is too nervous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bridie know about the name her parents had given her?

2. Why does Dr. Lynn open the top window all the way?

3. For whom was Bridie named?

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

5. As Julia waits for the tram in "Blue," about what does a man sing?

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