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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. Who makes overtures at Katie?
(a) Coop.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Samuel.

2. Who does Ellie have a conference with before putting Katie on the witness stand?
(a) Lizzie.
(b) The pathologist.
(c) The prosecution.
(d) The judge.

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

4. What did Ellie get the medical examiner to admit to?
(a) That the baby was stillborn.
(b) That the baby could have died of natural causes.
(c) That the baby was beaten, but only after death.
(d) That the baby was never breathing on its own.

5. When Ellie cross examines Lizzie, what does she argue about the footprint found near the baby's body?
(a) That it's a male shoeprint.
(b) That it could have been put there by the boy that found the body.
(c) That the shoeprint isn't good enough for a match.
(d) That the shoeprint is contaminated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ellie not want to testify?

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

3. For how many years has Katie been visiting Jacob at school?

4. What does Coop speak about on the stand?

5. What is the prosecutor able to suggest to the jury through Jacob's testimony?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the problem with Adam's profession?

4. When the prosecution questions Jacob, what is the prosecution able to suggest about Katie?

5. What does Katie reveal at the end of Chapter 13?

6. What is Lizzie convincing the district attorney of in Chapter 9?

7. Who was the first witness and what did the witness say?

8. What does Coop say to try to help Ellie after Katie signs a waiver saying that Ellie advised her against testifying?

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

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

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