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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tim get on as Julia mounts her bicycle in "Blue"?
(a) His bicycle.
(b) His scooter.
(c) His motorcycle.
(d) His horse.

2. What time is actually more perilous to the health of a woman than the week before delivery?
(a) Two weeks before delivery.
(b) Two weeks after delivery.
(c) The hour after delivery.
(d) The week after delivery.

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

4. 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) Six months after the baby’s birth.
(b) Up until the baby’s birth.
(c) A year after the baby’s birth.
(d) She is not obligated to stay there.

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 die in war as well as men.
(d) Women donate blood to save others.

6. How did the home in which Bridie lived handle the fact that so many of the children had accidents in the night?
(a) The nuns put all the children in diapers.
(b) The nuns said the children could just sleep on the waterproof undersheets and spare the laundry.
(c) The nuns would not allow the children to drink water before bedtime.
(d) The nuns hired more staff at night to help.

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

8. What holiday honors the church penitent—the holy souls in purgatory?
(a) The Feast of All Souls.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) All Saints Day.
(d) The Ascension.

9. For whom was Bridie named?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Saint Beatrice.
(c) Saint Bridget.
(d) Her family's pet bird.

10. What were the times that Bridie loved best about the jobs on which the nuns sent her?
(a) When Bridie had nightshift watch.
(b) When Bridie cooked dinner.
(c) When Bridie was hired out on a farm.
(d) When Bridie worked as a maid in Dublin.

11. Why did Bridie not last long in service in Dublin?
(a) The lady sent her back, because she had a lip on her.
(b) Bridie had a hard time getting around Dublin.
(c) Bridie did not make a very good cleaning lady.
(d) Bridie was frequently late to work and was fired.

12. Does inserting a catheter in Mary help progress labor?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) A little, but only at first.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

14. What does Julia tie near Mary’s head for help during labor?
(a) An IV bag.
(b) Her Rosary beads.
(c) A long towel.
(d) A bell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Julia has reservations about what they might be filling up the sausages with these days, what does she decide to have for breakfast instead in "Blue"?

2. A first birth often takes how many hours of pushing, according to Julia?

3. What does Bridie call Mary O’Rahilly’s husband?

4. When a local family would request a child for the weekend, the child would receive sweets or pennies for doing what was requested by the father?

5. Why does one of the doctors that Julia and Bridie pass wish he had been arrested?

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