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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julia whisper in Bridie's ear to tell a doctor regarding Mary's labor?
(a) Julia is concerned Mary's pelvis is too small to deliver the baby.
(b) Julia is concerned Mary is preeclamptic.
(c) Julia is concerned Mary is obstructed.
(d) Julia is concerned Mary is going into shock.

2. Julia compares her small pebble of pain on the scale against what of Bridie’s?
(a) Bridie's rocks.
(b) Bridie's mountains.
(c) Bridie's boulders.
(d) Bridie's peaks.

3. What films does Julia describe to Bridie?
(a) The films that Julia thought Bridie would like.
(b) Every Mary Pickford film Julia had seen.
(c) Julia's favorite Mary Pickford flims.
(d) Julia's favorite silent films.

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

5. What composer is Dr. Lynn listening to on her gramophone in "Blue"?
(a) Bach.
(b) Mendelssohn.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

6. What is expected of Catholics to do on All Souls’ Day, according to this story?
(a) Fast.
(b) Visit a graveyard.
(c) Say ten Hail Marys.
(d) Say the novenas.

7. 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 does not remember much.
(c) Bridie remembers it all.
(d) Bridie remembers only the good things.

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

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

10. What does Bridie have that causes her to have swollen knuckles?
(a) Hives.
(b) Frostbite.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Chilblains.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the times that Bridie loved best about the jobs on which the nuns sent her?

2. What technique finally works to birth Mary’s baby?

3. In "Black," who does Julia give as an example for who haunts her?

4. Why does a tear drop onto Julia’s skirt near the beginning of "Blue" on her birthday?

5. Why does Julia suggest she and Bridie go on the roof?

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