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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tanner say about home births in his opening remarks?
(a) They should be outlawed.
(b) Charlotte's was a rare case.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) Most go well.

2. What did the medical examiner say was Charlotte's cause of death?
(a) Vagaling.
(b) The C-section.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A heart attack.

3. Who reviewed Charlotte's medical records with Hastings?
(a) Patty.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Asa.
(d) Cheryl.

4. How did Tanner describe Charlotte in his opening statement?
(a) Fragile and unhealthy.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Weak-minded.
(d) Strong and robust.

5. What did Hastings get the nurse-midwife who testified to admit in his cross-examination of her?
(a) Charlotte was a good candidate for home birth.
(b) Sibyl was an excellent midwife.
(c) She was lying.
(d) People in her own profession often delivered babies at home.

6. What did Anne's testimony cause the jury to do?
(a) Weep openly.
(b) See Charlotte as a real person.
(c) Dismiss the case.
(d) Forget that Charlotte had a family.

7. What did Connie initially think the investigator Hastings hired was?
(a) A reporter.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A photographer.

8. What did Connie see when she dropped off Charlotte's medical records at Hastings' office?
(a) Hastings and Sibyl kissing.
(b) Hastings joking with the prosecutor.
(c) Notes about Sibyl's trial.
(d) A bill for his legal services.

9. What did Tanner say Sibyl forced Charlotte to do?
(a) Send Asa from the room.
(b) Hire her.
(c) Take the wrong medication.
(d) Push too long.

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

11. What did the state's first witness describe for the jury?
(a) Asa's hysterical rage on the night of Charlotte's death.
(b) The state of the infant upon his arrival at the Bedford home.
(c) The storm on the night of Charlotte's death.
(d) The bloody scene in the Bedford's bedroom.

12. What did Tanner say Sibyl should have done before there was a medical emergency?
(a) Bring the doctor to the delivery.
(b) Call an ambulance.
(c) Give Charlotte medication.
(d) Send Asa for the doctor.

13. Who did the state call as their first witness?
(a) Anne.
(b) The medical examiner.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) A state trooper.

14. What did Connie notice about Hastings and Sibyl as the trial was about to begin?
(a) They seemed to dislike each other.
(b) Sibyl seemed to be afraid of Hastings.
(c) They seemed to disagree about Sibyl's defense.
(d) They were flirting with each other.

15. What was the profession of the person who testified that Charlotte's medical history should have prevented her from participating in a home birth?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Nurse-midwife.
(c) Midwife turned Ob-Gyn.
(d) Medical examiner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Connie think of the investigator Hastings hired?

3. What reason did Stephen give for Asa's inability to see an arch of blood?

4. What did the jury do during Anne's testimony that made Connie uneasy?

5. What charge did Hastings hope for after it was determined that Sibyl would be charged?

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