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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black (Pages 235 - 265).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Julia’s mother die?
(a) From the flu.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) Giving birth to her brother.

2. What does Julia guess is the cause of what she sees on Tim’s face, when she first sees him at the beginning of "Blue"?
(a) A young rebel called him names and threw rubbish at him.
(b) He had been in the garage working on his motorcycle.
(c) He ate some of the cake he had made for Julia’s birthday.
(d) He cut himself shaving.

3. Julia compares her small pebble of pain on the scale against what of Bridie’s?
(a) Bridie's rocks.
(b) Bridie's mountains.
(c) Bridie's boulders.
(d) Bridie's peaks.

4. Why does a tear drop onto Julia’s skirt near the beginning of "Blue" on her birthday?
(a) She is in pain.
(b) Her brother loves her.
(c) Tim’s cooking is delicious.
(d) She just chopped onions.

5. What does Julia whisper in Bridie's ear to tell a doctor regarding Mary's labor?
(a) Julia is concerned Mary is going into shock.
(b) Julia is concerned Mary is preeclamptic.
(c) Julia is concerned Mary's pelvis is too small to deliver the baby.
(d) Julia is concerned Mary is obstructed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the poem end that Julia has in her head as she wakes in "Blue"?

2. What causes Julia concern, more so than Ita's bluing nail beds?

3. What does Dr. MacAuliffe finally prescribe for Delia for her pain?

4. When Sister Luke does not believe Honor’s prayers are sincere, she says it is because a year of praying did nothing to reclaim what?

5. What does Julia compare to ringing a church bell?

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