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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. What happened during the first few days in court?

2. What did Connie see on her mother's desk after returning home late one night?

3. What did Sibyl try to do after delivering Charlotte's baby?

4. What was the profession of the person who testified that Charlotte's medical history should have prevented her from participating in a home birth?

5. What charge was brought against Sibyl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the medical examiner's testimony particularly harmful to Sibyl's defense?

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

3. Why was Hastings' cross-examination of the midwife turned Ob-Gyn important?

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

5. What realization did Connie come to while she was watching the goings on in the court during the jury selection?

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

7. Why did Tanner depict Charlotte as a frail woman?

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

9. What does the term "vagaled" mean?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Sibyl's repair of the wound in Charlotte's body reveal about her? Why is it important in her trial? Why does the author place it where he does in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How is Rand affected by Sibyl's relationship? What impact does it have on him as a father? As a husband? As a person?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Connie's career choice controversial? Why did some people think her choice was a slap in the face for Sibyl? What does Connie hope to accomplish as a medical professional?

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