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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 midwife turned Ob-Gyn say Sibyl had successfully treated for Charlotte during her pregnancy?

2. What did the coroner testify that Sibyl had done?

3. What did Anne object to Sibyl doing for Charlotte?

4. What did the female past-patient that Tanner put on the stand say in her testimony?

5. What did the male past-patient that Tanner put on the stand say in his testimony?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What realization did Connie come to while she was watching the goings on in the court during the jury selection?

4. What was unusual about Hastings' delivery of the manslaughter charges to Sibyl?

5. What does the term "vagaled" mean?

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

7. Why did Tanner say that Sibyl should have called an ambulance toward the beginning of the delivery?

8. How did Anne's testimony make the jury begin to see Charlotte as a real person?

9. What was Connie's reaction to seeing the word "vagal" written on a conference room board at Hastings' place of business?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Why is Sibyl charged with manslaughter? How does Charlotte's death fit the definition of manslaughter? What defense does Stephen Hastings use? Is his defense reasonable? Why or why not?

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