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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 does Dr. MacAuliffe finally prescribe for Delia for her pain?

2. What is used instead of cotton swabs due to a shortage?

3. How does Julia describe the sounds Delia makes at the end of pushing?

4. Why is Dr. Lynn satisfied with the type of thread she used for Delia's sutures?

5. If Dr. Lynn were in charge of the world, what would not happen before the age of 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Julia receive her nurses training, and how long has Julia worked as a nurse?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are two ways that Julia checks vital signs?

10. How does Julia become the acting ward sister?

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

From where does the name influenza come? What is the significance of this? How does this term, its meaning, and events in the story change Julia’s view of free will and fate?

Essay Topic 3

There are several aspects of this book and how it was written that are a unique. Describe at least two of these. Why might the author have chosen to do this? How do these choices affect the reader and the ease of reading? How might these choices relate to the story? Do you believe these were good choices? Why or why not?

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