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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. How does the Danforth family react to the release of the autopsy report?
(a) Their hopes dropped.
(b) They became more confident.
(c) They were thrilled.
(d) They considered running away.

2. Where was the arch of blood supposed to have been coming from?
(a) A cut in Sibyl's hand.
(b) Charlotte's abdomen.
(c) Charlotte's nostrils.
(d) Charlotte's vaginal area.

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

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

5. What did Connie see when she dropped off Charlotte's medical records at Hastings' office?
(a) A bill for his legal services.
(b) Hastings and Sibyl kissing.
(c) Notes about Sibyl's trial.
(d) Hastings joking with the prosecutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the midwife turned Ob-Gyn say Sibyl had successfully treated for Charlotte during her pregnancy?

2. When did Tanner's opening remarks end?

3. What did the medical examiner say he found in Charlotte's abdomen?

4. Who did the Danforths learn would be attending the trial in support of Sibyl?

5. What did the medical examiner say he believed happened during Charlotte's labor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the prosecutor put the state trooper on the stand to testify?

2. Why did Tanner say that Sibyl should have called an ambulance toward the beginning of the delivery?

3. Why did Hastings want a jury full of older women?

4. Why was Hastings' cross-examination of the midwife turned Ob-Gyn important?

5. What was Connie's reaction to seeing the word "vagal" written on a conference room board at Hastings' place of business?

6. Why did Hastings say that Asa could not possibly have seen the blood arch coming from Charlotte's abdomen?

7. Why did Sibyl and Rand allow Connie to attend the trial?

8. Why did Tanner depict Charlotte as a frail woman?

9. What did Hastings say about home births to make his point about their safety relative to hospital births?

10. What does the term "vagaled" mean?

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