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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) First-degree murder.
(b) Pre-meditated murder.
(c) Involuntary manslaughter.
(d) Negligent homicide.

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

3. Who opposed Sibyl and Rand's decision regarding Connie in Chapter 14?
(a) Connie.
(b) The principal.
(c) Hastings.
(d) Connie's grandmother.

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

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

6. Who reviewed Charlotte's medical records with Hastings?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Asa.
(c) Patty.
(d) Cheryl.

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

8. What charge did Hastings warn the Danforth's the state could charge Sibyl with?
(a) Second-degree murder.
(b) Pre-meditated murder.
(c) Negligent homicide.
(d) First-degree murder.

9. What did Tanner say about home births in his opening remarks?
(a) They are dangerous.
(b) Most go well.
(c) Charlotte's was a rare case.
(d) They should be outlawed.

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

11. What did the state trooper say he saw in the Bedford's sink?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A great deal of blood.
(c) A bloody pillow.
(d) The knife Sibyl used for the C-section.

12. What did Connie initially think the investigator Hastings hired was?
(a) A photographer.
(b) A psychiatrist.
(c) A reporter.
(d) A doctor.

13. Who testified that her personal belief was that home births are dangerous?
(a) A nurse-midwife.
(b) Charlotte's mother.
(c) Anne.
(d) The state trooper.

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) Medical examiner.
(b) Midwife.
(c) Nurse-midwife.
(d) Midwife turned Ob-Gyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Connie see when she dropped off Charlotte's medical records at Hastings' office?

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

3. How did Hastings gain access to Charlotte's medical records?

4. When did Hastings' opening remarks begin?

5. What did the autopsy report reveal was the cause of Charlotte's death?

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