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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the medical term used for a woman who is having her first child?
2. Why is it important for a birthing mother to lay on her left side, rather than her right?
3. What is NOT a reason that Dr. Lynn gives for allowing Juiia to give medicine without a doctor's authority?
4. Why does Dr. Lynn not prescribe chloroform for Mary?
5. What is the reason Julia gives for why Dr. Lynn comes to help at the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Julia believe that Dr. Lynn is coming into the hospital to help out of the kindness of her heart?
2. How does Julia become the acting ward sister?
3. Describe the makeshift shrine that Julia passes in "Red."
4. What condition does Tim have? How did this occur?
5. What are two ways that Julia checks vital signs?
6. What are two examples given at the beginning of "Red" that there is disease in the city?
7. What is done with Delia's stilborn baby's body? Why is it not an issue, according to Julia?
8. What are Dr. Lynn's areas of medical expertise?
9. What does Bridie notice about Ita soon before she begins to convulse? How is this significant?
10. How does Julia feel about her own physical appearance after Delia’s delivery? Why might she feel this way?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are many tragic events in this story. Describe two of them. How is Julia affected by them? Overall, would you consider this book a tragedy? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the story, what happens to Dr. Lynn? Did you expect this to happen? Why or why not? Does this affect the plot? Why or why not? How might this affect Julia, in future events beyond the story?
Essay Topic 3
One character dies in Brown and a death that took place in Red is dealt with in Brown. Describe these characters and how the hospital deals with them. Why might they deal with them in this way? Do you believe this is appropriate? Why or why not? How does this compare with the deaths and how they were handled in Red?
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