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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. What traditional Amish language does the Fisher family speak over the dinner table?
(a) Pennsylvania Dutch.
(b) Pennsylvania German.
(c) Pennsylvania French.
(d) Pennsylvania Norweigan.

2. Who was Katie talking to in the middle of the night when she left the house?
(a) Her dead sister.
(b) Her dead brother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her grandfather.

3. What was Ellie surprised to find the Fisher home filled with, despite the lack of electricity?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Modern conveniences.
(d) Modern furniture.

4. Where did Katie go in the middle of the night the first night Ellie was at her house?
(a) Across the fields.
(b) Down to the pond.
(c) To the family barn.
(d) Next door to the neighbor's farm.

5. What does Katie say is the "Amish way?"
(a) To confess, even if she didn't do anything.
(b) To stay with your family in troubled times.
(c) To avoid contact with anyone in the community until you are "righted."
(d) To stay silent near the elders unless they ask you to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie do before returning to bed after watching Katie speak to someone who wasn't there?

2. Why did Ellie's Aunt Leda leave the Amish community?

3. What does Ellie make clear to Coop about their relationship?

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

5. What died once placed in Katie's care?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why can't Ellie arrange to see Jacob once Leda tells Ellie about Jacob's existence?

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

3. What do Stephen and Ellie discuss on the phone in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 8, what is the reason that the author says Katie's father considers Jacob dead?

5. How did Levi, a farm hand, find the baby?

6. What did Lizzie learn in her discussion with Sarah in Chapter 7?

7. 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?

8. What happens to someone who has done something wrong against the Amish code of living?

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

10. What were two reasons Ellie had trouble adjusting to the Amish way of life the first night?

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