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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Connie see on her mother's desk after returning home late one night?
(a) A picture of Charlotte.
(b) Sibyl's written confession.
(c) Her mother's private notebook.
(d) A letter from Hastings to Sibyl.

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

4. How did Connie enter the house on the night she came home late in Chapter 17?
(a) The back door.
(b) Through the window of her mother's office.
(c) The front door.
(d) Through her bedroom window.

5. What charge was brought against Sibyl?
(a) Pre-meditated murder.
(b) Manslaughter.
(c) Second-degree murder.
(d) First-degree murder.

6. What kind of student was Anne Austin described as?
(a) Quiet and withdrawn.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Good, but timid.
(d) Poor.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 made his wife push too long.
(c) Sibyl was honest about the safety of home birth.
(d) Sibyl had misled him and his wife about the safety of home birth.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Danforths learn would be attending the trial in support of Sibyl?

2. What word caught Connie's eye when she was in a conference room at Hastings' place of business?

3. What happened during the first few days in court?

4. What did Connie begin to realize Charlotte had as she watched the jury selection?

5. What did the medical examiner say was Charlotte's cause of death?

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