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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 does Katie sign in Part 2, Chapter 17?
(a) A sworn statement as to the events of the night the baby was born.
(b) A waiver to testify against Ellie's advice.
(c) A last will and testament.
(d) A contract with Ellie promising not to testify.

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

3. What does Katie do before the elders of the church?
(a) Kneels and confesses.
(b) Kneels and prays for her baby.
(c) Tells them she blames them for her baby.
(d) Tells them God loves her and took her baby.

4. Where does Katie stop on the way home?
(a) Samuel's house.
(b) The barn.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) The cemetery.

5. How does Ellie know she is pregnant?
(a) She takes a home pregnancy test.
(b) She feels a baby kicking inside.
(c) She goes to the doctor to be tested.
(d) She just has a gut feeling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was at the Fisher house when Ellie returned to the house after working in the field as harvest time arrives?

3. What does Ellie ask for money for at the pretrial hearing?

4. What happens when the prosecutor cross-examines Samuel?

5. Where did Ellie find Sarah the morning of the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Ellie returned to the Fisher farm the first night of trial?

2. In Chapter 10, why wasn't Katie comfortable with the insanity defense?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. After the pathologist's testimony, what did Katie do on the way home to the farm?

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

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