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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose existence does Leda tell Elie about?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Levi.
(d) Coop.

2. What state do Ellie and Coop discuss on the porch over lemonade?
(a) A dissociative state.
(b) A temporary insanity state.
(c) An insanity state.
(d) An associative state.

3. What does Ellie feel guilty about bringing into the barn?
(a) A lamp.
(b) A telephone line.
(c) A desktop computer.
(d) An inverter.

4. What does Ellie do after dinner the first night at the Fisher's?
(a) Nothing. She is bored because there is no TV to watch or books to read.
(b) Nothing. Goes to bed right after dinner.
(c) Speaks with Katie's parents.
(d) Reads a book aloud with the family.

5. What does Ellie do before returning to bed after watching Katie speak to someone who wasn't there?
(a) Calls her old boyfriend from college on her cell phone.
(b) Calls her law firm boyfriend on her cell phone.
(c) Calls her mother on her cell phone.
(d) Calls her Mennonite aunt on her cell phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the event at which one of the Amish ladies insisted Katie stay away from her infant child?

2. Why wouldn't Sarah supervise her daughter, Katie, so that Katie could be released pending trial?

3. Where does Katie believe the baby is when she wakes up from her post-delivery nap?

4. What does Lizzie Munro first think when the police are called to the farm?

5. What was Katie fighting the doctors about doing at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapters 2-3, who was excited that Ellie had successfully gotten an acquittal for a man who sexually abused several girls, and what did this person do for Ellie?

2. In Chapter 1, why does Ellie Hathaway take Katie's case?

3. In Chapter 6, why does Katie agree to confess her sins at the next church meeting as the bishop and church leaders have asked her to do?

4. Why does Ellie initially get frustrated and think it will be difficult to defend Katie?

5. Describe what happens at the baby's funeral in Chapter 6?

6. How does the bishop provide Ellie with electricity for her laptop?

7. What is a dissociative state and when can it occur?

8. What is the first step Ellie takes in an attempt to win over the Amish community?

9. What happened on Sunday night in Chapter 5 that reminded Ellie that Katie was still lying about not having a baby and what did it make Ellie wonder?

10. Why does Leda believe that it is necessary for Sarah to arrange a lawyer for Katie?

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