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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. Where was the arch of blood supposed to have been coming from?
(a) Charlotte's vaginal area.
(b) A cut in Sibyl's hand.
(c) Charlotte's nostrils.
(d) Charlotte's abdomen.

2. During what month did the Danforth's wait to learn what the charges against Sibyl would be?
(a) August.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) May.

3. What did the state trooper say he saw in the Bedford's sink?
(a) A bloody pillow.
(b) A great deal of blood.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The knife Sibyl used for the C-section.

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

5. Who was on the courthouse steps when the Danforths arrived for the trial?
(a) The Bedfords.
(b) Other midwives.
(c) No one.
(d) Connie's classmates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the medical examiner say he found in Charlotte's abdomen?

2. What kind of student was Anne Austin described as?

3. During his opening remarks, what did Hastings use to compare home births to hospital births.

4. What did Anne's testimony cause the jury to do?

5. Who joined Connie for lunch on the opening day of the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sibyl and Rand allow Connie to attend the trial?

2. Why did Hastings want a jury full of older women?

3. What does the term "vagaled" mean?

4. How did Anne's testimony make the jury begin to see Charlotte as a real person?

5. What was Connie's reaction to seeing the word "vagal" written on a conference room board at Hastings' place of business?

6. Why did Sibyl refuse to accept any possible settlements that might be offered?

7. Why did Connie's reading the journal show the reader that her relationship with Sibyl had changed?

8. What was significant about the manner in which Sibyl stitched Charlotte's body?

9. Why did many of Sibyl's clients attend the trial with their infants?

10. Why did the prosecutor put the state trooper on the stand to testify?

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