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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) A year after the baby’s birth.
(d) Up until the baby’s birth.

7. 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?
(a) A farm father.
(b) A weekend father.
(c) A holiday father.
(d) A penny father.

8. Why does Julia suggest she and Bridie go on the roof?
(a) For a chat.
(b) For a short nap.
(c) For a bit of air.
(d) For a cup of tea.

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

10. Where is Dr. Lynn to turn herself in?
(a) The Dublin Metropolitan Police Headquarters.
(b) Dublin Castle.
(c) The nearest police precinct.
(d) The Dublin army base.

11. How does Julia respond regarding the blood tax of which Groyne speaks?
(a) Women donate blood to save others.
(b) Women have been paying the blood tax since time began.
(c) Women are loyal to their nation, just like men.
(d) Women die in war as well as men.

12. What is in the first birthday box for Julia?
(a) Four French macaroons.
(b) Four Italian cannolis.
(c) Four chocolate chip cookies.
(d) Four Belgian truffles.

13. Why does one of the doctors that Julia and Bridie pass wish he had been arrested?
(a) He feels guilty for the crime he committed.
(b) He wants a place with better food.
(c) He wants to feel safe.
(d) So he could have a rest.

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

15. What is the translation of the song Dr. Lynn listens to that is called Liebestod?
(a) Freeing death.
(b) Love and life.
(c) Love and death at the same moment.
(d) Lovely life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Julia tie near Mary’s head for help during labor?

3. Julia compares her small pebble of pain on the scale against what of Bridie’s?

4. After Bridie told her story in "Black," how does she describe herself?

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

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