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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black (Pages 266 - 298).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of thread would Dr. Lynn have preferred to use on Delia’s sutures?
(a) Cat gut.
(b) Flax-tow.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

2. What happened if the children linked arms at the school, according to Bridie?
(a) They would be smiled upon.
(b) They would be told to separate.
(c) They would get the strap.
(d) Their parents would be called.

3. What does Julia use to check fetal heartbeats?
(a) The ear trumpet.
(b) A fetal heart monitor.
(c) A microscope.
(d) The stethoscope.

4. What does Julia think regarding the arrival of the officials looking for Dr. Lynn?
(a) The welfare of the country comes first.
(b) The welfare of her patients come first, and politics would just have to wait.
(c) Julia is glad the men have arrived, as Dr. Lynn worries her.
(d) She would look for Dr. Lynn and encourage her to turn herself in.

5. Why does the thermometer break when Bridie puts it in boiling water?
(a) The thermometer is left in the water for too long.
(b) There is too much mercury in the thermometer.
(c) The thermometer is faulty.
(d) Boiling water makes the mercury expand too much and crack the bulb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Has Julia ever believed the future was inscribed for each of us the day we were born?

2. How old was Bridie when she was first given a young charge?

3. What is Bridie given instead of the frozen cotton Julia had requested?

4. If Dr. Lynn were in charge of the world, what would not happen before the age of 20?

5. From what symptoms does Ita suffer, when the reader first meets her?

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