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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason Bridie gives for wanting to stay with Julia after she donated blood?
(a) Bridie is lost.
(b) Bridie is nervous to go back to the home.
(c) Bridie needs to keep an eye on Julia, doctor's orders.
(d) Julia is not feeling well.

2. What does Bridie believe is wrong with the blood orange?
(a) It is rotten.
(b) It is deformed.
(c) It is a grapefruit, not an orange.
(d) It is too sweet.

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

4. When Honor White is whispering the Rosary, how does Julia describe the way she is gripping each bead?
(a) Out of such desperation.
(b) The way a drowning woman might a life preserver.
(c) With animal strength.
(d) Like her life depended on it.

5. 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.

6. 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) Go raibh maith agat.
(b) Madainn mhath.
(c) Failte.
(d) Sinn Féiners.

7. What technique finally works to birth Mary’s baby?
(a) A c-section.
(b) A pubiotomy.
(c) Walcher’s position.
(d) Symphysiotomy.

8. How old was Bridie when she was first given a young charge?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 14 or 15.

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

10. What does Julia mean when she says she palpates Mary's abdomen?
(a) She forcefully pushes Mary's abdomen.
(b) She listens to the baby's heartbeat.
(c) She massages Mary's abdomen.
(d) She feels it with her hands.

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

12. How does kissing and talking to Bridie make Julia feel?
(a) Uncomfortable and nervous.
(b) So happy, she thinks she could burst.
(c) Confused and unsure.
(d) Angry.

13. Why do Julia and Bridie end up on the roof in "Black"?
(a) The Maternity/Fever ward has too many patients.
(b) The dormitory was turned into Men’s Fever (Overflow).
(c) The hallway is full of patients.
(d) The dormitory is very crowded.

14. When Sister Luke does not believe Honor’s prayers are sincere, she says it is because a year of praying did nothing to reclaim what?
(a) Her Nibs.
(b) Love of Jesus.
(c) Sense of self.
(d) Sanity.

15. What should help reduce Delia’s milk supply?
(a) An herbal tea.
(b) A chest binder.
(c) Peppermint.
(d) A breast pump.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since this is Honor’s second pregnancy out of wedlock, how long will she have to stay at the mother-and-baby house?

2. What holiday honors the church penitent—the holy souls in purgatory?

3. What time is actually more perilous to the health of a woman than the week before delivery?

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 films does Julia describe to Bridie?

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