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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. Has Julia ever believed the future was inscribed for each of us the day we were born?
(a) Yes, always.
(b) No, never.
(c) Yes, sometimes.
(d) Yes, but rarely.

2. How long does a woman have to do housework and mind the little ones to work off the costs of staying at the mother-and-baby house, if she hasn’t been able to pay?
(a) She is not obligated to stay there.
(b) Six months after the baby’s birth.
(c) Up until the baby’s birth.
(d) A year after the baby’s birth.

3. What holiday does Sister Luke remind everyone is celebrated on the first of November?
(a) The Protestant Reformation.
(b) Halloween.
(c) All Saints Day.
(d) The Feast of All Souls.

4. What does Julia do to honor the death of Delia's baby?
(a) She writes a letter to Delia and her family.
(b) She drops Delia's baby off at the church.
(c) She scratches a short line into the back of her watch.
(d) She lights a candle in church for her.

5. Where does Julia tell Delia her daughter has gone?
(a) Heaven.
(b) To be with God.
(c) The Angels' Plot.
(d) The morgue.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Julia’s mother die?

2. When a local family would request a child for the weekend, the child would receive sweets or pennies for doing what was requested by the father?

3. In "Black," who does Julia give as an example for who haunts her?

4. Why is the narrator not allowed to ride her bike to work?

5. What is the medicine recommended for constipation?

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