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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. Which entries in Sibyl's notebook did Connie read?
(a) All those from Charlotte's death forward.
(b) Only the date on which Charlotte died.
(c) All those from Charlotte's death back.
(d) Only the last three entries.

2. When did Tanner's opening remarks end?
(a) Just before lunch.
(b) Shortly before dinner.
(c) Late in the evening.
(d) Mid-morning.

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

4. Who did the state call as their first witness?
(a) A state trooper.
(b) The medical examiner.
(c) Anne.
(d) Sibyl.

5. What did the medical examiner say he found in Charlotte's abdomen?
(a) A lot of blood.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Another baby.
(d) A well-sutured uterus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hastings gain access to Charlotte's medical records?

2. What did the state's first witness describe for the jury?

3. How did Tanner describe Charlotte in his opening statement?

4. What did Tanner say Sibyl should have done before there was a medical emergency?

5. What happened during the first few days in court?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What realization did Connie come to while she was watching the goings on in the court during the jury selection?

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

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

5. Why was Hastings' winning of a motion to review Charlotte's medical records important?

6. Why was it important for the prosecution to make the point that Anne was an enthusiastic student who did not believe in interfering with birth unless absolutely necessary?

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

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

9. What does the term "vagaled" mean?

10. What was unusual about Hastings' delivery of the manslaughter charges to Sibyl?

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