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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 was Sibyl preparing to do when she was informed about Charlotte's labor?

4. What complaint did Rand have about Sibyl's job?

5. What factors made Sibyl decide to take Charlotte to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Sibyl believe it was safe to go on with the delivery after she went out to warm up her car?

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

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

4. Why did the men at the party go on foot to find a telephone when the woman went into labor?

5. How did Connie first hear about Charlotte's death?

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

7. Why was Connie able to go looking for Tom Cort on the afternoon he first kissed her?

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

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

10. Why did other people find the words that Connie used as a child strange and uncomfortable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Sibyl choose to refuse any settlement agreements? What does this reveal about her? How does her decision affect Connie?

Essay Topic 2

Why would Connie, who had clearly lost some trust in her mother, choose to remove the damning journal entries to keep her mother from being convicted? What does this choice say about Connie? What does it say about her relationship with Sibyl?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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