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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 factors made Sibyl decide to take Charlotte to the hospital?
(a) Vomiting and delirium.
(b) Blood and back labor.
(c) Blood pressure and blood.
(d) Heart rate and fever.

2. How many events does Sibyl's attorney say it took to lead to Charlotte's death?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Many.

3. Why did Sibyl quit college?
(a) She hated school.
(b) She had an argument with a professor.
(c) To be with a man.
(d) She didn't know what she wanted to do for a profession.

4. What did Connie do the Saturday after Charlotte's death?
(a) Went to the Bedford home.
(b) Went with her parents to see lawyers.
(c) Went to Tom's house.
(d) Stayed home and screened calls.

5. Why did Connie become hysterical when the jury returned to the courtroom?
(a) They glared at her mother.
(b) They were laughing.
(c) Some of them were crying.
(d) They wouldn't look at her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week did Charlotte go into labor?

2. What alarmed Sibyl when Charlotte began pushing?

3. What did Sibyl ask Asa to bring her after Charlotte stopped breathing?

4. How did many of the other midwives feel after Charlotte's death?

5. What happened for the first time when Connie returned from looking for Tom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Stephen Hastings bring a photographer to take pictures of Sibyl?

2. What is the difference between Connie's profession and her mother's?

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

4. How did Asa react to Sibyl's decision to perform a C-section?

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

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

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

8. Why did Connie feel better after first meeting Stephen Hastings?

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

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

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