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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factors made Sibyl decide to take Charlotte to the hospital?
(a) Heart rate and fever.
(b) Blood pressure and blood.
(c) Blood and back labor.
(d) Vomiting and delirium.

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

3. What is the name of Sibyl's attorney?
(a) Chris Bohjalian.
(b) Stephen Hastings.
(c) Tom Corts.
(d) Rand Bedford.

4. Where did Connie find Tom waiting for her when she returned from looking for him?
(a) At Charlotte's house.
(b) At the barn.
(c) At his house.
(d) At her house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Connie's mother's name?

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

3. After the party, what was Sibyl doing when the ambulance arrived?

4. What time was Charlotte ready to begin pushing?

5. What did Connie see Stephen doing with the prosecutor and judge during Sibyl's trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Stephen Hastings bring a photographer to take pictures of Sibyl?

2. Why did the men at the party go on foot to find a telephone when the woman went into labor?

3. Why did other people find the words that Connie used as a child strange and uncomfortable?

4. Why did Connie feel better after first meeting Stephen Hastings?

5. How did Asa react to Sibyl's decision to perform a C-section?

6. Why didn't anyone notice that there was an ice storm outside during Charlotte's labor?

7. Why was Connie upset when she saw Stephen Hastings joking with the prosecutor and judge?

8. What made Sibyl believe it was safe to go on with the delivery after she went out to warm up her car?

9. Why did Sibyl agree to give the police officer who came to the Danforth home a statement without a lawyer present?

10. How did Stephen Hastings describe Charlotte's death?

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