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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hastings gain access to Charlotte's medical records?
(a) By getting them from Asa.
(b) By getting them from Charlotte.
(c) By stealing them.
(d) By filing a motion.

2. Stephen Hastings brought in experts on what two things before Sibyl had been charged?
(a) High blood pressure and aneurisms.
(b) High blood pressure and blood evidence.
(c) Home births and blood evidence.
(d) Home births and aneurisms.

3. What kind of student was Anne Austin described as?
(a) Poor.
(b) Quiet and withdrawn.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Good, but timid.

4. What did Connie see when she dropped off Charlotte's medical records at Hastings' office?
(a) Notes about Sibyl's trial.
(b) Hastings and Sibyl kissing.
(c) A bill for his legal services.
(d) Hastings joking with the prosecutor.

5. What does Connie think of the investigator Hastings hired?
(a) She was sweet, but not very bright.
(b) She was wild and exciting.
(c) She was irritating and dull.
(d) She was suspicious.

6. Who did the Danforths learn would be attending the trial in support of Sibyl?
(a) Many of her clients and their infants.
(b) Charlotte's parents.
(c) Connie's classmates.
(d) Anne.

7. What alternative possibility did Hastings offer Sibyl in Chapter 12?
(a) Fleeing the country.
(b) A monetary fine.
(c) Settlement.
(d) A plea-bargain.

8. Who reviewed Charlotte's medical records with Hastings?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Cheryl.
(c) Patty.
(d) Asa.

9. What did the medical examiner say he found in Charlotte's abdomen?
(a) A lot of blood.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Another baby.
(d) A well-sutured uterus.

10. What did Connie discover her father was doing before the trial began?
(a) Reviewing legal precedent.
(b) Spending a lot of time with Hastings.
(c) Working too much.
(d) Drinking.

11. Who testified that her personal belief was that home births are dangerous?
(a) A nurse-midwife.
(b) Charlotte's mother.
(c) Anne.
(d) The state trooper.

12. What did Tanner say Sibyl should have done before there was a medical emergency?
(a) Send Asa for the doctor.
(b) Call an ambulance.
(c) Bring the doctor to the delivery.
(d) Give Charlotte medication.

13. What was the group on the courthouse steps doing when the Danforths arrived?
(a) Taking pictures.
(b) Protesting.
(c) Supporting Charlotte's family.
(d) Waiting to interview Sibyl.

14. What did the state's first witness describe for the jury?
(a) Asa's hysterical rage on the night of Charlotte's death.
(b) The storm on the night of Charlotte's death.
(c) The state of the infant upon his arrival at the Bedford home.
(d) The bloody scene in the Bedford's bedroom.

15. What did Anne's testimony cause the jury to do?
(a) Dismiss the case.
(b) Weep openly.
(c) Forget that Charlotte had a family.
(d) See Charlotte as a real person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hastings say about home births in his opening statement?

2. What did the state trooper say he saw in the Bedford's sink?

3. What did the male past-patient that Tanner put on the stand say in his testimony?

4. What did the midwife turned Ob-Gyn say Sibyl had successfully treated for Charlotte during her pregnancy?

5. What reason did Stephen give for Asa's inability to see an arch of blood?

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