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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What charge did Hastings hope for after it was determined that Sibyl would be charged?
(a) Pre-meditated murder.
(b) Negligent homicide.
(c) First-degree murder.
(d) Involuntary manslaughter.

8. What did Sibyl try to do after delivering Charlotte's baby?
(a) Clean up the mess she had made.
(b) Convince Asa to look at Charlotte.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Revive Charlotte.

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

10. What does Connie think of the investigator Hastings hired?
(a) She was irritating and dull.
(b) She was suspicious.
(c) She was sweet, but not very bright.
(d) She was wild and exciting.

11. What did the female past-patient that Tanner put on the stand say in her testimony?
(a) She had her baby C-section in the hospital.
(b) Sibyl had prescribed the wrong medicine.
(c) She had fired Sibyl.
(d) Sibyl had forced her to push too long.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was referenced in Sibyl's notebook that caused Connie to read further?

2. What did Tanner say about home births in his opening remarks?

3. How did Connie enter the house on the night she came home late in Chapter 17?

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

5. What did Anne object to Sibyl doing for Charlotte?

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