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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of cases did Stephen Hastings usually handle?
(a) Rape, murder, and drug cases.
(b) Divorce cases.
(c) Embezzlement cases.
(d) Corporate law cases.

2. What charge was brought against Sibyl?
(a) Second-degree murder.
(b) First-degree murder.
(c) Manslaughter.
(d) Pre-meditated murder.

3. What did Connie see on her mother's desk after returning home late one night?
(a) Sibyl's written confession.
(b) Her mother's private notebook.
(c) A picture of Charlotte.
(d) A letter from Hastings to Sibyl.

4. What time was Charlotte ready to begin pushing?
(a) Noon.
(b) Around five in the morning.
(c) Dinnertime.
(d) After midnight.

5. In Chapter 7, what was Connie doing when a police officer arrived at their house?
(a) Homework.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Reading.
(d) Making dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Danforth family react to the release of the autopsy report?

2. Why was Connie with her mother when Connie saw her first childbirth?

3. Why did Connie become hysterical when the jury returned to the courtroom?

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

5. What did Hastings get the nurse-midwife who testified to admit in his cross-examination of her?

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