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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When asked if she went bathing in the sea, what is Bridie's response?
(a) No, they were not allowed outside.
(b) Yes, they frequently bathed in the sea.
(c) No, they went down to the water and back for exercise.
(d) Yes, they were allowed just that one time.

2. What does Bridie say about the past two days in "Black"?
(a) They were similar to most other days.
(b) They were scary.
(c) They are the best days she has ever had.
(d) They were fun.

3. What does Bridie know about the name her parents had given her?
(a) It is a beautiful name.
(b) She knows nothing about her name.
(c) It is not a saint’s name.
(d) It is a family name.

4. What is expected of Catholics to do on All Souls’ Day, according to this story?
(a) Visit a graveyard.
(b) Say the novenas.
(c) Say ten Hail Marys.
(d) Fast.

5. What does Julia tie near Mary’s head for help during labor?
(a) A long towel.
(b) An IV bag.
(c) A bell.
(d) Her Rosary beads.

6. How much was Bridie paid, when the home sent her out to work?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Half a pound.
(c) Five shillings.
(d) A farthing.

7. Who is Miss Ffrench-Mullen?
(a) Bridie's old friend from school.
(b) Dr. Lynn's sister.
(c) Dr. Lynn's dear friend with whom she lives.
(d) Julia's good friend.

8. A first birth often takes how many hours of pushing, according to Julia?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

9. When a local family would request a child for the weekend, the child would receive sweets or pennies for doing what was requested by the father?
(a) A holiday father.
(b) A farm father.
(c) A penny father.
(d) A weekend father.

10. Why does one of the doctors that Julia and Bridie pass wish he had been arrested?
(a) He feels guilty for the crime he committed.
(b) He wants to feel safe.
(c) He wants a place with better food.
(d) So he could have a rest.

11. What is in the first birthday box for Julia?
(a) Four Italian cannolis.
(b) Four chocolate chip cookies.
(c) Four French macaroons.
(d) Four Belgian truffles.

12. What is Julia’s response when Bridie asks how many pushes it takes?
(a) Five to Six.
(b) An hour or two of pushes.
(c) Not many.
(d) There is no rule.

13. What does Julia think regarding the arrival of the officials looking for Dr. Lynn?
(a) The welfare of the country comes first.
(b) She would look for Dr. Lynn and encourage her to turn herself in.
(c) The welfare of her patients come first, and politics would just have to wait.
(d) Julia is glad the men have arrived, as Dr. Lynn worries her.

14. What is the translation of the song Dr. Lynn listens to that is called Liebestod?
(a) Lovely life.
(b) Love and life.
(c) Love and death at the same moment.
(d) Freeing death.

15. What does the warrant for Dr. Lynn's arrest state?
(a) She is a suspect in a robbery case.
(b) She is suspected of acting or having acted or being about to act in a manner prejudicial to the public safety.
(c) She is being suspected of murdering military personnel.
(d) She is in the country illegally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What films does Julia describe to Bridie?

2. What is in the second birthday package for Julia?

3. 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"?

4. For whom was Bridie named?

5. When Julia gives Bridie her watch, she is still holding onto a chain, which she calls what?

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