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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What injury has Julia’s brother suffered?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) War neurosis.
(c) A mutilated face.
(d) A missing arm.

2. Why does the thermometer break when Bridie puts it in boiling water?
(a) There is too much mercury in the thermometer.
(b) The thermometer is left in the water for too long.
(c) The thermometer is faulty.
(d) Boiling water makes the mercury expand too much and crack the bulb.

3. Why does a Catholic priest speak to Delia?
(a) The priest wants to convert Delia.
(b) The Protestant reverend is ill.
(c) Delia does not want to speak with the Protestant reverend.
(d) Delia is a Catholic.

4. What is a roentgenograph?
(a) A stethoscope.
(b) An X-ray.
(c) A cat scan.
(d) A thermometer.

5. Who is Julia Power’s ward nurse, whom she replaces?
(a) Sister Luke.
(b) Sister Eileen.
(c) Sister Mary.
(d) Sister Finnegan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Prendergast prescribe for Ita to calm her?

2. What type of thread would Dr. Lynn have preferred to use on Delia’s sutures?

3. After Delia wakes from the sedative, why does Julia want to get her up in a seated position?

4. Why does Dr. Lynn not send Ita for a roentgenograph?

5. How did Julia’s mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Julia count herself lucky, regarding the pandemic?

2. Where had Julia planned on going for her short vacation? Why did she not get to go on leave?

3. What is the purpose for all the posted signs throughout the novel?

4. Julia is contemplative on her commute home from the hospital in "Brown." Of what does she think?

5. Describe the makeshift shrine that Julia passes in "Red."

6. Why does Julia quickly remove the thermometer from Ita's mouth and place the thermometer in her armpit?

7. How does Julia describe what she calls a “weird malady?”

8. What are two of Groyne's euphemisms for death? What does Julia think of them?

9. Why does Julia tell Dr. Lynn what she did to try to keep Delia from tearing?

10. What does Bridie notice about Ita soon before she begins to convulse? How is this significant?

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