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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who testified that Katie often visited her brother at school?
(a) Ellie.
(b) The prosecution psychiatrist.
(c) Lizzie.
(d) Samuel.

2. What does Lizzie suggest as a possible motive of murder?
(a) That the Amish frown on babies out of wedlock.
(b) That Katie's brother knew who the father of the baby was.
(c) That Katie's long time boyfriend is not the baby's father.
(d) That Aaron knows who the father of the baby was.

3. What occurred at the hearing in the judge's office?
(a) Ellie asked for more time.
(b) Ellie asked for a new psychiatrist.
(c) A trial date was set.
(d) Ellie asks for the prosecution's evidence against Katie.

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

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

6. Who does Ellie call first in her defense during the trial?
(a) Adam.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Samuel.

7. On the way home from the trial one day, who gets out of the car with Katie after she jumps out?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Leda.

8. What is the prosecutor able to suggest to the jury through Jacob's testimony?
(a) That Katie knew she had baby, and didn't care.
(b) That Katie knew she had killed her baby.
(c) That Katie has a habit of lying to her family.
(d) That Katie is a good girl, but made one mistake.

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

10. Who was at the Fisher house when Ellie returned to the house after working in the field as harvest time arrives?
(a) Coop.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Leda.

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

12. What does the psychiatrist agree with Coop about?
(a) Katie doesn't remember the birth of her baby.
(b) Katie is not remorseful for the death of her baby.
(c) Katie will not stand up well at trial.
(d) Katie suffers from a dissociative state.

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

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

15. What goes against the essence of the Amish faith?
(a) Talking to outsiders.
(b) Going to an English city.
(c) Murder.
(d) Bann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Coop's testimony at the beginning?

2. What causes an uproar in the courtroom?

3. Who is the first witness on the stand at Katie's trial?

4. How much longer does Ellie have to prepare for trial after the hearing in the judge's office?

5. In her closing argument, what does Ellie say Katie is so intent on?

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