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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. What does Julia compare to ringing a church bell?
(a) Pulling on the long towel during a contraction.
(b) Ringing the bell by her bed when she needs assistance.
(c) Praying the Rosary during labor.
(d) Squeezing on the IV to move the fluid down the tube.

2. If Dr. Lynn were in charge of the world, what would not happen before the age of 20?
(a) University.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Medical school.
(d) Whelping.

3. What does Bridie know about the name her parents had given her?
(a) It is a family name.
(b) She knows nothing about her name.
(c) It is a beautiful name.
(d) It is not a saint’s name.

4. What is the Gaelic term Dr. Lynn uses when describing herself and others who were protesting the previous spring against the plan to extend conscription to Ireland?
(a) Sinn Féiners.
(b) Go raibh maith agat.
(c) Madainn mhath.
(d) Failte.

5. How does the poem end that Julia has in her head as she wakes in "Blue"?
(a) I slept and dreamt that life was beauty.
(b) I woke, and found that life was over.
(c) I woke, and found that life was duty.
(d) I woke, and found that I was alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. MacAuliffe leave before delivering Delia’s baby?

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

3. When Honor White is whispering the Rosary, how does Julia describe the way she is gripping each bead?

4. For whom was Bridie named?

5. What does Julia call the man who died soon after being brought into the hospital by the junior?

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