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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who joined Connie for lunch on the opening day of the trial?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Hastings.
(c) Foogie.
(d) Tom.

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

4. As Sibyl's student, what did Anne believe about home births?
(a) Interference is usually necessary.
(b) Patients should be given painkillers.
(c) A doctor should be present.
(d) There should be as little interference as possible.

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

6. What alternative possibility did Hastings offer Sibyl in Chapter 12?
(a) Settlement.
(b) A plea-bargain.
(c) Fleeing the country.
(d) A monetary fine.

7. What was Sibyl instructed not to do as part of her bail agreement?
(a) Practice midwifery.
(b) Leave her home.
(c) Talk to her family about the case.
(d) Speak with Asa Bedford.

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

9. What condition(s) had Charlotte neglected to mention to Sibyl?
(a) Heart murmur.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) High blood pressure and anemia.
(d) Irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure.

10. What did the male past-patient that Tanner put on the stand say in his testimony?
(a) Sibyl had not treated his wife's anemia.
(b) Sibyl had misled him and his wife about the safety of home birth.
(c) Sibyl was honest about the safety of home birth.
(d) Sibyl had made his wife push too long.

11. What was happening outside during the opening remarks?
(a) The midwives were causing a riot.
(b) Storm clouds were approaching.
(c) It was a beautiful, sunny day.
(d) People were marching with "Convict the Midwife" signs.

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

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

14. What kind of jury did Hastings want?
(a) One filled with pregnant women.
(b) One filled with understanding older women.
(c) One filled with young, childless women.
(d) One filled with fathers.

15. Who did the Danforths learn would be attending the trial in support of Sibyl?
(a) Connie's classmates.
(b) Many of her clients and their infants.
(c) Anne.
(d) Charlotte's parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was given the first chance to speak in Sibyl's trial?

3. When Sibyl is arrested, what misdemeanor charge is brought against her?

4. What charge was brought against Sibyl?

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

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