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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what did Sibyl and Rand decide to allow Connie to do?
(a) Attend school rather than the trial.
(b) Date.
(c) Go to her grandmother's for the duration of the trial.
(d) Attend the trial.

2. What did Anne object to Sibyl doing for Charlotte?
(a) Allowing her to give birth at home.
(b) Treating her anemia.
(c) Calling an ambulance.
(d) Breaking her water.

3. When did Tanner's opening remarks end?
(a) Just before lunch.
(b) Late in the evening.
(c) Shortly before dinner.
(d) Mid-morning.

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

5. What did Connie discover her father was doing before the trial began?
(a) Working too much.
(b) Spending a lot of time with Hastings.
(c) Reviewing legal precedent.
(d) Drinking.

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

7. In Chapter 12, how many years in prison does Connie say Sibyl could have been sentenced to?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Forty.

8. What did Hastings say Anne failed to do?
(a) Appropriately assist Sibyl.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Tell the truth on the stand.
(d) Stop Sibyl from performing the C-section.

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

10. What did Anne do at the end of her testimony?
(a) Refused to answer any more questions.
(b) Stated Sibyl did not kill Charlotte.
(c) Became very calm.
(d) Accused Sibyl of murder.

11. Who testified that her personal belief was that home births are dangerous?
(a) The state trooper.
(b) Charlotte's mother.
(c) A nurse-midwife.
(d) Anne.

12. What date was referenced in Sibyl's notebook that caused Connie to read further?
(a) March 15.
(b) The day Sibyl met Hastings.
(c) Connie's birthday.
(d) August 23.

13. What month did Sibyl's trial begin?
(a) December.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) July.

14. What charge did Hastings warn the Danforth's the state could charge Sibyl with?
(a) Pre-meditated murder.
(b) Second-degree murder.
(c) First-degree murder.
(d) Negligent homicide.

15. What happened during the first few days in court?
(a) Sibyl was repeatedly questioned.
(b) Connie was told she could not attend.
(c) The two sides searched for a jury.
(d) Sibyl was quickly convicted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the state call as their first witness?

2. What is the name of the investigator Stephen Hastings hired?

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

4. How did Tanner describe Charlotte in his opening statement?

5. Who was on the courthouse steps when the Danforths arrived for the trial?

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