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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 does Julia describe the sounds Delia makes at the end of pushing?
(a) Peaceful and calm.
(b) Like she is being eaten by wolves.
(c) A screaming banshee.
(d) She is deadly silent.

2. What is expected of Catholics to do on All Souls’ Day, according to this story?
(a) Visit a graveyard.
(b) Fast.
(c) Say ten Hail Marys.
(d) Say the novenas.

3. Who is Julia Power?
(a) The hospital volunteer.
(b) The author of the book.
(c) The junior nurse.
(d) The narrator and protagonist.

4. What does Julia call the man who died soon after being brought into the hospital by the junior?
(a) Dead Man.
(b) John Doe.
(c) Michael.
(d) Anonymous.

5. How does Julia respond regarding the blood tax of which Groyne speaks?
(a) Women have been paying the blood tax since time began.
(b) Women are loyal to their nation, just like men.
(c) Women donate blood to save others.
(d) Women die in war as well as men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Bridie paid, when the home sent her out to work?

2. Why does a Catholic priest speak to Delia?

3. Julia says that if a lesson is not taught right or at all, who can you blame?

4. Why does the thermometer break when Bridie puts it in boiling water?

5. When asked if she went bathing in the sea, what is Bridie's response?

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