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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. Who did Rand often spend long afternoons alone with when Sibyl was with clients?
(a) Connie.
(b) His mistress.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Himself.

2. What was Connie told to do when the officer arrived at the house in Chapter 7?
(a) Go to her friend's house.
(b) Serve coffee.
(c) Leave the room.
(d) Stay and listen.

3. What did Rand think they should do when the police officer visited in Chapter 7?
(a) Refuse to allow the officer in.
(b) Give a statement.
(c) Wait for an attorney.
(d) Call Asa Bedford.

4. What happened for the first time when Connie returned from looking for Tom?
(a) Tom and Connie argued.
(b) Connie got her period.
(c) Tom kissed her.
(d) Connie saw her first childbirth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Connie's first impression of Charlotte?

2. What holiday is it when Charlotte first asks Connie about Sibyl's profession?

3. In Chapter 7, what was Connie doing when a police officer arrived at their house?

4. What is Connie's mother's name?

5. What does Connie do at the Bedford home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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