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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 types of cases did Stephen Hastings usually handle?
(a) Corporate law cases.
(b) Rape, murder, and drug cases.
(c) Embezzlement cases.
(d) Divorce cases.

2. What day of the week did Charlotte go into labor?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

3. The year that Charlotte's family arrived, who did Connie constantly hope to catch a look at?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Tom.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Albert.

4. What state did the Danforths live in when Connie was a child?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Vermont.
(d) California.

5. How old was Connie the year her mother was charged with the death of a client?
(a) 14.
(b) 23.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Connie find Tom waiting for her when she returned from looking for him?

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

3. Why were the mothers of some of Connie's friends reluctant to let their children play with her?

4. Why did Connie become hysterical when the jury returned to the courtroom?

5. What did Connie's parents do the Saturday morning after Charlotte's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Stephen Hastings describe Charlotte's death?

2. What was Sibyl's first experience with childbirth?

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

4. What effect did Sibyl's job have on Connie and Rand's relationship?

5. Why did other people find the words that Connie used as a child strange and uncomfortable?

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

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

8. Why was Sibyl's appearance after Charlotte's death shocking to Connie?

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

10. What was Connie's first experience with childbirth?

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