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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of jury did Hastings want?
(a) One filled with fathers.
(b) One filled with young, childless women.
(c) One filled with pregnant women.
(d) One filled with understanding older women.

2. When did Hastings' opening remarks begin?
(a) After lunch.
(b) Before Tanner's.
(c) On the second day of the trial.
(d) Late evening.

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

4. How did Tanner describe Charlotte in his opening statement?
(a) Fragile and unhealthy.
(b) Weak-minded.
(c) Strong and robust.
(d) Frightened.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did the medical examiner say he believed happened during Charlotte's labor?
(a) She had a heart attack.
(b) She had a stroke.
(c) She vagaled.
(d) She simply fainted.

11. What happened during the first few days in court?
(a) Sibyl was quickly convicted.
(b) Connie was told she could not attend.
(c) The two sides searched for a jury.
(d) Sibyl was repeatedly questioned.

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was happening outside during the opening remarks?

2. What did Anne do at the end of her testimony?

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

4. What was the profession of the person who testified that Charlotte's medical history should have prevented her from participating in a home birth?

5. What is the name of the investigator Stephen Hastings hired?

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