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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 often seemed to fuel the arguments between Rand and Sibyl?

2. What time of the day did Charlotte go into labor?

3. What is the name of the friend with whom Connie goes to the Bedfords' home?

4. What did Sibyl do to the item she gave the police officer who visited their home?

5. How did Sibyl feel about her attorney's assessment of Charlotte's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rand's reaction when Sibyl decided to provide the officer with a signed statement?

2. Why did Sibyl agree to give the police officer who came to the Danforth home a statement without a lawyer present?

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

4. What was Connie's first experience with childbirth?

5. Why did Connie feel better after first meeting Stephen Hastings?

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

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

8. Why did Stephen Hastings bring a photographer to take pictures of Sibyl?

9. How did Stephen Hastings describe Charlotte's death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Sibyl's repair of the wound in Charlotte's body reveal about her? Why is it important in her trial? Why does the author place it where he does in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Connie's career choice controversial? Why did some people think her choice was a slap in the face for Sibyl? What does Connie hope to accomplish as a medical professional?

Essay Topic 3

What tone is set for the novel in the very first section of the book? What does the author do to set the tone? Does the book progress using the same tone throughout, or does it change at some point?

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