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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 is the name of the friend with whom Connie goes to the Bedfords' home?
2. Why were the mothers of some of Connie's friends reluctant to let their children play with her?
3. Where did Connie first hear about Charlotte's death?
4. What is the name of the Bedfords' son?
5. What types of cases did Stephen Hastings usually handle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the difference between Connie's profession and her mother's?
2. Why did other people find the words that Connie used as a child strange and uncomfortable?
3. Why did Stephen Hastings bring a photographer to take pictures of Sibyl?
4. Why was Sibyl's appearance after Charlotte's death shocking to Connie?
5. What caused Sibyl to believe it might have finally been time to take Charlotte to the hospital?
6. What was Rand's reaction when Sibyl decided to provide the officer with a signed statement?
7. How did the hippie movement, of which Sibyl became a part, influence her decision to become a midwife?
8. Why did Connie spend a lot of her time riding her best friend's horse?
9. Why was Connie upset when she saw Stephen Hastings joking with the prosecutor and judge?
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
How are the other midwives affected by Sibyl's trial? How did they react? What did they stand to lose if Sibyl was convicted?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What evidence is there that Connie's relationship with her mother changes as the story progresses? Why does the relationship change? What is the state of Connie's relationship with her mother before Sibyl's death?
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