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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 causes an uproar in the courtroom?
(a) When Ellie claims Katie is insane.
(b) When the prosecution asks their first question of Katie.
(c) When Katie confesses to killing the baby.
(d) When Katie says she is in love with two men.

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

3. What does Samuel speak about on the stand?
(a) The Amish way of life and his plans for the future.
(b) Katie's character and the Amish way of life.
(c) The Amish way of life and dating.
(d) Katie's character and his relationship with Katie.

4. What does Katie have to walk through on her way into the courthouse?
(a) The English public.
(b) No one is at the courthouse.
(c) The press.
(d) The Amish community.

5. Who is the father of Ellie's baby?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Michael.
(c) Coop.
(d) Jacob.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ellie had a guest for dinner, who showed up to see her?

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

3. In her closing argument, what does Ellie say Katie is so intent on?

4. How does Ellie know she is pregnant?

5. Who was working in the fields with the Fishers as harvest time arrived?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 10, when Jacob returns to the farm again, what does he say and what is his father's response?

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

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

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

10. Why does Ellie argue with Coop about at his apartment in Chapter 9?

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