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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 Connie see on her mother's desk after returning home late one night?

2. What was the name given to the baby Sibyl delivered from Charlotte's womb?

3. What did Anne's testimony cause the jury to do?

4. What did the jury do during Anne's testimony that made Connie uneasy?

5. What kind of student was Anne Austin described as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the medical examiner's testimony particularly harmful to Sibyl's defense?

2. What does the term "vagaled" mean?

3. Why did Connie's reading the journal show the reader that her relationship with Sibyl had changed?

4. Why was it important for the prosecution to make the point that Anne was an enthusiastic student who did not believe in interfering with birth unless absolutely necessary?

5. Why did Connie seem concerned about the relationship between Sibyl and Hastings?

6. Why was Hastings' winning of a motion to review Charlotte's medical records important?

7. Why did Hastings want a jury full of older women?

8. Why did Sibyl sew up Charlotte's abdomen after the baby was delivered?

9. Why did Hastings say that Asa could not possibly have seen the blood arch coming from Charlotte's abdomen?

10. Why did Hastings involve blood evidence and home birth experts before Sibyl was even charged?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Hastings' relationship with Sibyl like? What does he do that reveals he has stronger feelings for Sibyl? Why are his feelings toward Sibyl important? How do they affect the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Connie fit the role of protagonist? What is unusual about her role as protagonist?

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