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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 does Julia do to honor the death of Delia's baby?
(a) She scratches a short line into the back of her watch.
(b) She drops Delia's baby off at the church.
(c) She lights a candle in church for her.
(d) She writes a letter to Delia and her family.

2. What is NOT something Julia says the nurses did during their hour breaks, prior to the pandemic?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Knit.
(c) Dance.
(d) Read the news aloud.

3. What phrase does Bridie say under her breath that makes Julia smile, because it is also Tim's phrase?
(a) Everything's arsewise.
(b) Everything's gone awry.
(c) It is was it is.
(d) All's well that ends well.

4. Ita's nail beds are starting to turn bluish. What might be the cause?
(a) Her work at the ammunitions factory.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Bruising.
(d) Cyanosis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Lynn prescribe for Mary, so she could rest?

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

3. What kind of doctor is Dr. MacAuliffe?

4. Why does Julia not hurry to clean up the mess after Delia gives birth?

5. What has happened to Ita's arm from the flu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What condition does Tim have? How did this occur?

2. Honor White is the newest patient to the ward at the end of "Brown." What is known about her personal history?

3. What are Dr. Lynn's areas of medical expertise?

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

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

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

7. In "Red," how long has it been since England has had a general election? When do they plan to have another one?

8. Why does Julia believe that Dr. Lynn is coming into the hospital to help out of the kindness of her heart?

9. What are three ways that the reader knows that Delia Garrett is a wealthier woman than the others in the ward?

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

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