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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 Bridie call Mary O’Rahilly’s husband?
(a) A jerk.
(b) A sweetheart.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A thug.
2. What is in the first birthday box for Julia?
(a) Four Belgian truffles.
(b) Four French macaroons.
(c) Four chocolate chip cookies.
(d) Four Italian cannolis.
3. What time is actually more perilous to the health of a woman than the week before delivery?
(a) The hour after delivery.
(b) Two weeks after delivery.
(c) The week after delivery.
(d) Two weeks before delivery.
4. What does Bridie believe is wrong with the blood orange?
(a) It is a grapefruit, not an orange.
(b) It is too sweet.
(c) It is rotten.
(d) It is deformed.
5. What holiday honors the church penitent—the holy souls in purgatory?
(a) The Ascension.
(b) All Saints Day.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) The Feast of All Souls.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Julia guess is the cause of what she sees on Tim’s face, when she first sees him at the beginning of "Blue"?
2. What does Bridie mean by the term nurse-child?
3. Where do Julia and Bridie plan on sleeping in the hospital?
4. Why does Julia give Mary intravenous saline?
5. What composer is Dr. Lynn listening to on her gramophone in "Blue"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Julia take the risk and let Mary's baby nurse?
2. Why does Julia avoid asking Mary if she is ready to push?
3. From where does the term influenza come? Why is it called this?
4. To what story does Bridie compare Mary and her baby as she watches Mary nurse her baby?
5. What is Sister Luke's response when Julia asks if the unwed mothers may take their babies home?
6. Why does Dr. Lynn listen to classical music on her gramophone?
7. Towards the end of "Black" (Pages 235-265), why does Julia feel so festive and in such a good mood?
8. What does Dr. Lynn do to try to conceal her identity, when out in public?
9. How does Julia react to Bridie's kiss? Why does she react this way?
10. Why does Julia somewhat regret standing up to Sister Luke?
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