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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Connie do at the Bedford home?
(a) Reads to Charlotte.
(b) Babysits.
(c) Keeps Charlotte company.
(d) Cleans.

2. What time was Charlotte ready to begin pushing?
(a) Noon.
(b) After midnight.
(c) Around five in the morning.
(d) Dinnertime.

3. How old was Connie when Charlotte's family moved in?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 21.
(d) 16.

4. Why were the mothers of some of Connie's friends reluctant to let their children play with her?
(a) Because Connie's family was poor.
(b) Because they were afraid of Connie.
(c) Because Connie was not very nice.
(d) Because her mother was a midwife.

5. What time of the day did Charlotte go into labor?
(a) Evening.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sibyl's attorney compare Charlotte's death to?

2. On the weekend after Charlotte's death, who called the Danforth home?

3. How did Connie feel about her mother's chances after first meeting Stephen?

4. Who visited Connie in Chapter 8?

5. How old was Connie when she first saw a baby born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the men at the party go on foot to find a telephone when the woman went into labor?

2. What events occurred that prevented Sibyl from getting Charlotte the medical help she needed?

3. What caused Sibyl to believe it might have finally been time to take Charlotte to the hospital?

4. Why was Connie upset when she saw Stephen Hastings joking with the prosecutor and judge?

5. Why did Sibyl agree to give the police officer who came to the Danforth home a statement without a lawyer present?

6. How did Connie first hear about Charlotte's death?

7. How did the hippie movement, of which Sibyl became a part, influence her decision to become a midwife?

8. How did Rand feel about Sibyl's profession and why did he feel that way?

9. Why didn't anyone notice that there was an ice storm outside during Charlotte's labor?

10. How did Sibyl's first experience with childbirth influence her decision to become a midwife?

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