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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tom think Sibyl and Rand were smart to do?

2. Who was with Sibyl and her friend who went into labor during the party while the woman labored?

3. What needs did Sibyl attend to for her clients?

4. Who claimed that Charlotte bled in an arch when Sibyl cut her?

5. On the weekend after Charlotte's death, who called the Danforth home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Sibyl expect from Charlotte's birth experience when she first got there?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Sibyl ask Asa to bring her a sharp knife?

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

10. Why did Connie spend a lot of her time riding her best friend's horse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the state's case seem to be driven by prejudice in the medical community? What evidence of this prejudice is there? How does Sibyl feel about the medical community? Are her feelings justified?

Essay Topic 2

How is the motif of childbirth portrayed in Midwives? Which characters are comfortable with childbirth? Which characters are not? Do any of the characters change in their views toward childbirth by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Connie react to Sibyl and Hastings' relationship in the way she did? Is her view of the relationship reliable? Why or why not?

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