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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the jury do during Anne's testimony that made Connie uneasy?
(a) Stare at Connie.
(b) Steal uncomfortable glances at Sibyl.
(c) Stop looking at Sibyl.
(d) Take notes.

3. When did Hastings' opening remarks begin?
(a) Late evening.
(b) Before Tanner's.
(c) After lunch.
(d) On the second day of the trial.

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

5. What did Hastings say about home births in his opening statement?
(a) They are dangerous.
(b) They are natural.
(c) Everyone should give birth at home.
(d) They should require a doctor's supervision.

6. What word caught Connie's eye when she was in a conference room at Hastings' place of business?
(a) Murder.
(b) Vagal.
(c) Hemmorhage.
(d) Aneurism.

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

8. What was the name given to the baby Sibyl delivered from Charlotte's womb?
(a) Vernon.
(b) Vesa.
(c) Veil.
(d) Vincent.

9. 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.

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

11. What did Tanner say Sibyl should have known because she was a lifelong resident of Vermont?
(a) That home births are dangerous.
(b) A storm was coming.
(c) The phone number for the hospital.
(d) That she would be accused of murder.

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

13. What is the name of the investigator Stephen Hastings hired?
(a) Bill Tanner.
(b) Patty Dunlevy.
(c) Asa Bedford.
(d) Tom Corts.

14. Where was the arch of blood supposed to have been coming from?
(a) Charlotte's abdomen.
(b) Charlotte's nostrils.
(c) Charlotte's vaginal area.
(d) A cut in Sibyl's hand.

15. What did Hastings say, in his opening remarks, Sibyl was able to do on the day of Charlotte's death?
(a) Comfort Charlotte's grieving family.
(b) Save Charlotte's infant son.
(c) Sew perfect sutures.
(d) Make home births against the law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the state trooper say he saw in the Bedford's sink?

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

4. What did the female past-patient that Tanner put on the stand say in her testimony?

5. What was Sibyl instructed not to do as part of her bail agreement?

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