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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) Katie.
(b) The elders.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. When Ellie puts Katie back on the stand, how does Katie say the baby died?
(a) By letting God take the baby after it was born.
(b) By having a disease that caused her baby's death.
(c) By ignoring the baby.
(d) By leaving the baby in the barn.

3. What does Ellie ask for money for at the pretrial hearing?
(a) A rental car to get back and forth from the Fisher farm to the Courthouse during the trial.
(b) A hotel for her and Katie during the trial.
(c) For a new laptop, after hers was ruined at the Fisher farm.
(d) A state appointed psychiatrist.

4. Who is the second witness on the stand at Katie's trial?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) Katie.
(c) The emergency room doctor.
(d) The pathologist.

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

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

7. When Adam is on the stand, what does the prosecutor make light of?
(a) Adam's profession.
(b) The baby.
(c) Adam's love for Katie.
(d) Adam's friendship with Jacob.

8. What does Katie tell Ellie happened at a party while visiting Jacob?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She met the baby's father.
(c) She got drunk.
(d) She saw another Amish teenager.

9. Where does Ellie take Katie when Katie gets into the courthouse?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The courtroom.
(c) The judge's chambers.
(d) The private lobby.

10. What does Ellie convince the judge to do?
(a) Move the trial to a different city.
(b) Drop the murder charge against Katie.
(c) Allow Ellie to change her defense.
(d) Postpone the trial for 2 more months.

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

12. For how many years has Katie been visiting Jacob at school?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

13. At the pretrial hearing, Ellie argues for who to be kept out of the trial?
(a) The press.
(b) The public.
(c) The English.
(d) The Amish.

14. What does Samuel speak about on the stand?
(a) The Amish way of life and his plans for the future.
(b) Katie's character and his relationship with Katie.
(c) Katie's character and the Amish way of life.
(d) The Amish way of life and dating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The day before Ellie puts Katie on the stand, what does Samuel ask Katie?

2. What does Katie do before the elders of the church?

3. Who testified that Katie often visited her brother at school?

4. Who does Ellie not want to testify?

5. What else does the prosecution ask Coop about, besides Katie?

(see the answer keys)

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