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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 came to the farm the night before he left for Scotland?
(a) Coop.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Adam.

2. What does Katie do at the baby's grave?
(a) Cries.
(b) Prays.
(c) Meditates.
(d) Talks about the events of the birth.

3. What does Ellie use to warn Katie against testifying?
(a) Jacob's experience.
(b) Adam's letters.
(c) Adam's testimony.
(d) Samuel's testimony.

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

5. Katie tells the prosecution that she killed the baby but refuses to say what?
(a) How she did it.
(b) Where it happened.
(c) If anyone else was with her.
(d) When it happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks everyone up in their cars on the day of the trial?

2. What causes an uproar in the courtroom?

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

4. What did Ellie get the medical examiner to admit to?

5. Where does Adam ask Ellie and Coop to go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the prosecutor and Ellie say in their closing arguments?

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

4. What does Coop suggest when Ellie goes to him as a sounding board for a new defense strategy in Chapters 11-12?

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

6. Why is Ellie nervous about telling Coop about her pregnancy?

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

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

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

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

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