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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did the medical examiner say he found in Charlotte's abdomen?
(a) Another baby.
(b) A well-sutured uterus.
(c) A lot of blood.
(d) A tumor.

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

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

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

8. What did the coroner testify that Sibyl had done?
(a) A good job of stitching Charlotte's uterus and abdomen.
(b) A good job of stitching Charlotte's abdomen.
(c) A poor job of stitching Charlotte's abdomen.
(d) A poor job of stitching Charlotte's abdomen, but a poor job of stitching her uterus.

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

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

11. When Sibyl is arrested, what misdemeanor charge is brought against her?
(a) Purjury.
(b) Practicing medicine without a license.
(c) Dispensing pharmaceuticals without a license.
(d) Negligence.

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

13. What did Connie begin to realize Charlotte had as she watched the jury selection?
(a) A family who loved her.
(b) A grudge against her mother.
(c) No family to stick up for her.
(d) Wealthy parents.

14. What was the profession of the person who testified that Charlotte's medical history should have prevented her from participating in a home birth?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Midwife turned Ob-Gyn.
(c) Nurse-midwife.
(d) Medical examiner.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the jury do during Anne's testimony that made Connie uneasy?

3. What did Connie discover her father was doing before the trial began?

4. What did the medical examiner say he believed happened during Charlotte's labor?

5. What did Connie notice about Hastings and Sibyl as the trial was about to begin?

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