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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. When Julia asks Bridie to tell her anything she remembers from the home, how does Bridie respond?
(a) Bridie remembers bits and pieces.
(b) Bridie remembers only the good things.
(c) Bridie does not remember much.
(d) Bridie remembers it all.

2. Why can Dr. Lynn not get home much?
(a) She is too busy at the hospital.
(b) She worries about bringing the flu to her family.
(c) The influenza and the police.
(d) The tram does not run close enough to her home.

3. Why does Julia give Mary intravenous saline?
(a) She is going into shock.
(b) It will relieve Mary's labor pains.
(c) She is dehydrated.
(d) It will progress labor.

4. What sensation does Julia mention is turned off in her, while she was at work?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Smell.

5. What does Bridie mean by the term nurse-child?
(a) A child who wants to study to be a nurse.
(b) A child who is nursed beyond infancy.
(c) A child up to age four who is boarded out with a foster mother.
(d) A child who cares for others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dr. Lynn prescribe more whiskey for Ita?

2. When is a pregnancy considered viable, according to Julia?

3. What films does Julia describe to Bridie?

4. 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"?

5. What does Tim get on as Julia mounts her bicycle in "Blue"?

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