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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Charlotte experience pain during labor?

2. What was the name of the midwife who began hanging around the Danforth home during Sibyl's difficult time?

3. What did Connie spend most of her time doing the spring Charlotte's family came?

4. In the prologue, what was Connie doing when the jury returned to the courtroom?

5. After going out to warm up her car, what did Sibyl discover when she returned to Charlotte's room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sibyl's first experience with childbirth influence her decision to become a midwife?

3. What was Sibyl's first experience with childbirth?

4. What was Connie's first experience with childbirth?

5. Why was Anne's claim that Charlotte bled in an arch when Sibyl cut into her significant?

6. Why did Connie spend a lot of her time riding her best friend's horse?

7. Why was Connie so upset when the jury returned to the courtroom?

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

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

10. How did Rand feel about Sibyl's profession and why did he feel that way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the theme of science vs. nature exemplified in Midwives? How is science represented? How is nature represented? What events and relationships show the conflict between the two?

Essay Topic 2

How is the motif of childbirth portrayed in Midwives? Which characters are comfortable with childbirth? Which characters are not? Do any of the characters change in their views toward childbirth by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What evidence is there that Connie's relationship with her mother changes as the story progresses? Why does the relationship change? What is the state of Connie's relationship with her mother before Sibyl's death?

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