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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julia say she treasures about Bridie, in "Black (Pages 235-265)"?
(a) Bridie never says no.
(b) Bridie always thinks through her decisions.
(c) Bridie is young and energetic.
(d) Bridie is shy, quiet, and obedient.

2. How much was Bridie paid, when the home sent her out to work?
(a) A farthing.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Half a pound.
(d) Five shillings.

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

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

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

6. 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) Sense of self.
(b) Her Nibs.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Love of Jesus.

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

8. What is Julia’s response to Mary, when she asks if labor will be much longer?
(a) No.
(b) Hopefully not.
(c) Yes, it will still be awhile.
(d) I do not know.

9. A first birth often takes how many hours of pushing, according to Julia?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

11. What is Julia’s response when Bridie asks how many pushes it takes?
(a) There is no rule.
(b) An hour or two of pushes.
(c) Five to Six.
(d) Not many.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Julia’s second birthday gift come?

2. Has Julia ever believed the future was inscribed for each of us the day we were born?

3. What does Bridie tell Julia her job is, her fight?

4. 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?

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

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