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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) Leave her home.
(c) Practice midwifery.
(d) Talk to her family about the case.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did the midwife turned Ob-Gyn say Sibyl had successfully treated for Charlotte during her pregnancy?
(a) Low blood sugar.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Morning sickness.
(d) High blood pressure.

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

10. Who did the state call as their first witness?
(a) The medical examiner.
(b) A state trooper.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Anne.

11. How did Hastings gain access to Charlotte's medical records?
(a) By getting them from Charlotte.
(b) By stealing them.
(c) By getting them from Asa.
(d) By filing a motion.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name given to the baby Sibyl delivered from Charlotte's womb?

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

3. What reason did Stephen give for Asa's inability to see an arch of blood?

4. Stephen Hastings brought in experts on what two things before Sibyl had been charged?

5. What did the coroner testify that Sibyl had done?

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