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

2. What does Katie insist that Ellie ask the judge?
(a) If she can leave early to help till the fields.
(b) If they can go home for afternoon milking.
(c) If they can start later tomorrow to allow time for the morning milking.
(d) If Katie can skip the trial to stay home and do farm work.

3. What does Ellie invite Stephen to do at the Fischer's?
(a) Be Ellie's co-counsel.
(b) Stay for lunch.
(c) Stay for dinner.
(d) Watch the trial.

4. After Jacob comes home, what or who is Katie growing increasingly unhappy with?
(a) The idea of an insanity defense.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Her parents
(d) The English legal system.

5. Where does Adam ask Ellie and Coop to go?
(a) Back to the farm.
(b) To State College to see Jacob.
(c) To the elders.
(d) The baby's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ellie call first in her defense during the trial?

2. At the pretrial hearing, Ellie argues for who to be kept out of the trial?

3. How does Katie get the rest of the way home after she jumps out of the car?

4. What does the prosecution's psychiatrist think Katie is faking?

5. What happens on the way out of the courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie say about the baby's death when she takes the stand?

2. In Chapter 10, when Stephen arrives at the Fisher farm, what does Ellie tell him after dinner?

3. What is Sarah's reaction on the morning of the trial's opening?

4. What do Katie and Ellie agree on about Katie's defense in Chapter 10?

5. What was Katie's reaction to the plea bargain?

6. What do the prosecutor and Ellie say in their opening arguments?

7. What does Ellie get the medical examiner to admit during his testimony?

8. Why did the pathologist's testimony send the prosecutor into a tailspin?

9. In Chapter 9, what does the friend who visits Katie a few days after the girl had a date with Samuel, say to Katie?

10. What does Katie's reaction to Adam in the courtroom suggest to the jury?

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