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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who objected to Jacob remaining a part of the family as much as possible under the bann?
(a) The elders.
(b) Katie.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. In her closing argument, what does Ellie say Katie is so intent on?
(a) Telling the truth.
(b) Denying that she killed her baby.
(c) Confessing her sins.
(d) Lying to the jury.

3. What virtue is not part of the Amish way?
(a) Lying to family.
(b) Being with a non-Amish man.
(c) Having a baby.
(d) Lying to friends.

4. What infection did the pathologist believe Katie had contracted?
(a) Listeria.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Viral.
(d) Measels.

5. What happens on the way out of the courthouse?
(a) The prosecution is the one one to declare victory.
(b) Ellie is the only one to declare victory.
(c) The media asks Katie questions and Katie runs away.
(d) Both sides declare they won.

6. Besides tending to the fields, what did Samuel do over the few weeks after the harvest time arrived?
(a) Built furniture for Aaron.
(b) Stayed with Katie for comfort.
(c) Talked with Jacob about life away from the community.
(d) Built a neighbor's barn.

7. Who was working in the fields with the Fishers as harvest time arrived?
(a) Leda.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Coop.

8. What is Katie's reaction when she sees Adam for the first time in the courtroom?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Angry.

9. Who is the third witness on the stand at Katie's trial?
(a) The pathologist.
(b) The psychiatrist.
(c) Lizzie.
(d) The medical examiner.

10. What was the prosecution's first question?
(a) If Katie killed the baby.
(b) If Katie could tell the jury the events of that night.
(c) If Katie knew the baby was dead.
(d) If Katie knew what she was on trial for.

11. On the stand, how does Coop suggest the baby died?
(a) Katie not giving it proper care.
(b) A stillbirth.
(c) Natural Causes.
(d) Murder.

12. When Ellie cross examines Lizzie, what does she argue about the footprint found near the baby's body?
(a) That it could have been put there by the boy that found the body.
(b) That it's a male shoeprint.
(c) That the shoeprint is contaminated.
(d) That the shoeprint isn't good enough for a match.

13. What does Katie have to walk through on her way into the courthouse?
(a) The press.
(b) The Amish community.
(c) The English public.
(d) No one is at the courthouse.

14. How does Katie get the rest of the way home after she jumps out of the car?
(a) Walks.
(b) A horse.
(c) A buggy.
(d) Another car.

15. What does Coop speak about on the stand?
(a) The dissociative state.
(b) The freudian state.
(c) Katie's lack of mental illness.
(d) Katie's childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered a plea bargain to Ellie?

2. What goes against the essence of the Amish faith?

3. Katie tells the prosecution that she killed the baby but refuses to say what?

4. How does Ellie know she is pregnant?

5. What has Jacob been hiding from Katie?

(see the answer keys)

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