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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 the state trooper say he saw in the Bedford's sink?
2. Who admitted during cross-examination that Sibyl did not know about Charlotte's medical history?
3. What did Hastings get the nurse-midwife who testified to admit in his cross-examination of her?
4. What did Anne object to Sibyl doing for Charlotte?
5. What reason did Stephen give for Asa's inability to see an arch of blood?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the term "vagaled" mean?
2. Why did Tanner depict Charlotte as a frail woman?
3. Why did Sibyl and Rand allow Connie to attend the trial?
4. What realization did Connie come to while she was watching the goings on in the court during the jury selection?
5. Why did the prosecutor put the state trooper on the stand to testify?
6. What did Hastings say about home births to make his point about their safety relative to hospital births?
7. Why did Tanner say that Sibyl should have called an ambulance toward the beginning of the delivery?
8. What was Connie's reaction to seeing the word "vagal" written on a conference room board at Hastings' place of business?
9. What was unusual about Hastings' delivery of the manslaughter charges to Sibyl?
10. How did Anne's testimony make the jury begin to see Charlotte as a real person?
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 does Charlotte's death have such a profound effect on Sibyl? How is her position as a midwife significant in her reaction? How might her reaction have been different if she were a doctor?
Essay Topic 3
How does Connie fit the role of protagonist? What is unusual about her role as protagonist?
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