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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. How did Connie feel when she couldn't find Tom in his usual spot?

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

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

4. In the prologue, what was Connie doing when the jury returned to the courtroom?

5. How long did Sibyl attend college before quitting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Connie so upset when the jury returned to the courtroom?

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

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?

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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