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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Brown .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Delia to hemorrhage?
(a) She has to have a c-section.
(b) She tears in delivery.
(c) She births only half the afterbirth on her own.
(d) Her placenta detaches too quickly from her uterus.

2. What term does Julia give for Delia’s baby, who is born dead?
(a) A still.
(b) A dead baby.
(c) Toes up.
(d) A stilborn.

3. What does Dr. Lynn call the condition that Ita has, regarding her leg?
(a) White leg.
(b) Black leg.
(c) Broken leg.
(d) Swollen leg.

4. What training does the narrator have?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She has no training.
(c) She is a nurse midwife.
(d) She is a dentist.

5. What is NOT a clue given that Delia is in early labor?
(a) Baby’s positioning.
(b) Constipation.
(c) The bloody show.
(d) A high fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the nurses have to bundle the Maternity/Fever ward patients?

2. What is the reason Julia gives for why Dr. Lynn comes to help at the hospital?

3. How does Julia attempt to revive Delia’s baby?

4. What sensation does Julia mention is turned off in her, while she was at work?

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

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