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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. Why does Dr. Lynn not prescribe chloroform for Mary?

2. Why does Dr. Lynn open the top window all the way?

3. How did Julia’s mother die?

4. Why is Ita Noonan’s hair cut?

5. Who is Julia Power’s ward nurse, whom she replaces?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are four nicknames given for the deadly influenza pandemic?

3. What does Tim do to surprise Julia for her birthday? How does this affect her and why?

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

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

6. What are two examples given at the beginning of "Red" that there is disease in the city?

7. What is the dichotomy that is Dr. Lynn, regarding her work and passions?

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

9. How does Julia feel about her own physical appearance after Delia’s delivery? Why might she feel this way?

10. When Dr. Lynn gives the cause of the stillbirth, what is she actually saying to Julia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the end of Brown, the reader learns that Bridie is a border in the mother house. What clues are given in both Red and Brown that point to the life of a poor orphan? How has this life influenced her personality, her behavior, and her attitude about herself?

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

The young surgeon, Dr. MacAuliffe, returns in Blue. Again, he is seen as inexperienced and rough in his handling of the patients. What might this say about the medical profession at this time? How does he differ from Julia, Bridie and Dr. Lynn? Why might there be such a discrepancy between these various medical professionals and hospital staff?

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