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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 offered a plea bargain to Ellie?
(a) The district attorney.
(b) The pathologist.
(c) The psychiatrist.
(d) The judge.

2. Where does no one seem interested in the trial?
(a) At the Fisher farm.
(b) At the weekly church gathering.
(c) In the English community.
(d) In State College, where Jacob lives.

3. At the pretrial hearing, Ellie argues for who to be kept out of the trial?
(a) The English.
(b) The press.
(c) The public.
(d) The Amish.

4. What does the psychiatrist agree with Coop about?
(a) Katie doesn't remember the birth of her baby.
(b) Katie suffers from a dissociative state.
(c) Katie is not remorseful for the death of her baby.
(d) Katie will not stand up well at trial.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes against the essence of the Amish faith?

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

3. What has Jacob been hiding from Katie?

4. What does Katie do at the baby's grave?

5. What does Lizzie suggest as a possible motive of murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the punishment Katie received from the elders of the church?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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