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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 was the charge against Sibyl?

2. Where did Connie hope to find Tom on the day her mother told her to make her own dinner because she'd be with a client?

3. Who first took Connie to the Bedford home?

4. What types of cases did Stephen Hastings usually handle?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did Sibyl's job have on Connie and Rand's relationship?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Asa react to Sibyl's decision to perform a C-section?

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

9. Why was Sibyl's appearance after Charlotte's death shocking to Connie?

10. Why was Anne's claim that Charlotte bled in an arch when Sibyl cut into her significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What point-of-view is the story told in? Why did the author choose this point-of-view? Is the use of this point-of-view successful or might another have worked better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is Hastings' defense of Sibyl like? What tactics does he use? Which methods seem effective, and which do not? Why did Connie have such a strong reaction to the word "vagal"? How was it important in Sibyl's trial?

Essay Topic 3

How is foreshadowing used in Midwives? What purpose does the use of foreshadowing serve?

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