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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Connie's mother's name?
(a) Anne.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. In the prologue, what was Connie doing when the jury returned to the courtroom?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Watching.
(c) Attending school.
(d) Sitting in the hallway.

3. In Chapter 7, what was Connie doing when a police officer arrived at their house?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Homework.
(d) Reading.

4. What did Connie do the Saturday after Charlotte's death?
(a) Went to the Bedford home.
(b) Went to Tom's house.
(c) Stayed home and screened calls.
(d) Went with her parents to see lawyers.

5. What was Connie doing when her mother drove by to inform her that she would be delivering a baby so Connie would need to make her own dinner?
(a) Mucking a horse stall.
(b) Working at a Dairy Queen.
(c) Painting.
(d) Swimming.

6. What happened for the first time when Connie returned from looking for Tom?
(a) Connie saw her first childbirth.
(b) Tom kissed her.
(c) Tom and Connie argued.
(d) Connie got her period.

7. What was Connie told to do when the officer arrived at the house in Chapter 7?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Stay and listen.
(c) Serve coffee.
(d) Go to her friend's house.

8. How did many of the other midwives feel after Charlotte's death?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Sorry, but still confident.
(c) Confident.
(d) Angry at Sibyl.

9. What did Stephen want to do when he visited the Danforth home in Chapter 9?
(a) Get a statement from Sibyl.
(b) Speak with Connie.
(c) Visit Asa.
(d) Take pictures of Sibyl's injuries.

10. What did Connie's parents do the Saturday morning after Charlotte's death?
(a) Visited lawyers.
(b) Gave a statement to the police.
(c) Stayed home with Connie.
(d) Visited Asa.

11. How old was Connie when she first saw a baby born?
(a) 4.
(b) 13.
(c) 7 or 8.
(d) 20.

12. What did Connie remember was odd about the words she used as a young child?
(a) They were not in English.
(b) They made her mother angry.
(c) They were words people don't use in polite conversation.
(d) The other children knew them too.

13. How old was Connie when Charlotte's family moved in?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 7.

14. Who was Sibyl's backup physician?
(a) She didn't have one.
(b) Stephen Hastings.
(c) Bill Tanner.
(d) B.P. Hewitt.

15. What is Connie's profession?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Pediatrician.
(c) Ob-Gyn.
(d) Lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Rand often spend long afternoons alone with when Sibyl was with clients?

2. On the weekend after Charlotte's death, who called the Danforth home?

3. What did Sibyl ask Asa to bring her after Charlotte stopped breathing?

4. Why did Connie become hysterical when the jury returned to the courtroom?

5. How long did it take the ambulance to arrive for the woman who went into labor during the party that Sibyl attended?

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