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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Bridie tell Julia her job is, her fight?
(a) To create a home for babies and their mothers.
(b) To adopt babies.
(c) To bear babies.
(d) To save babies and their mothers.

8. What does the warrant for Dr. Lynn's arrest state?
(a) She is being suspected of murdering military personnel.
(b) She is suspected of acting or having acted or being about to act in a manner prejudicial to the public safety.
(c) She is a suspect in a robbery case.
(d) She is in the country illegally.

9. What policing force follows Bridie into the ward?
(a) The Dublin Terrorist Task Force.
(b) The Irish Republican Army.
(c) The Dublin Metropolitan Police.
(d) The British Army.

10. When Bridie was no hand at knitting Aran jumpers or embroidering vestments, on what duty was she put?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Farmwork.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Novenas.

11. When asked if she went bathing in the sea, what is Bridie's response?
(a) No, they were not allowed outside.
(b) Yes, they were allowed just that one time.
(c) No, they went down to the water and back for exercise.
(d) Yes, they frequently bathed in the sea.

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

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

14. What does Bridie mean by the term nurse-child?
(a) A child up to age four who is boarded out with a foster mother.
(b) A child who cares for others.
(c) A child who wants to study to be a nurse.
(d) A child who is nursed beyond infancy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julia whisper in Bridie's ear to tell a doctor regarding Mary's labor?

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

3. As Julia waits for the tram in "Blue," about what does a man sing?

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

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

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