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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What traditional Amish language does the Fisher family speak over the dinner table?
2. Who gets frustrated and yells at Katie, when Katie still refuses to acknowledge she had a baby?
3. What was Katie fighting the doctors about doing at the hospital?
4. Who does Ellie witness Katie having a conversation with, without any emotion, after the party has ended?
5. Why did Ellie's Aunt Leda leave the Amish community?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 1, why does Ellie Hathaway take Katie's case?
2. What were two reasons Ellie had trouble adjusting to the Amish way of life the first night?
3. What does Lizzie Munor believe happened when she is called to the farm in Chapter 1?
4. In Chapter 8, what is the reason that the author says Katie's father considers Jacob dead?
5. In Chapters 2-3, who was excited that Ellie had successfully gotten an acquittal for a man who sexually abused several girls, and what did this person do for Ellie?
6. What happens to someone who has done something wrong against the Amish code of living?
7. What does Katie talk to Coop about in Chapter 8?
8. What is a dissociative state and when can it occur?
9. What do Stephen and Ellie discuss on the phone in Chapter 6?
10. Describe what happens at the baby's funeral in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Multiple times in Plain Truth, a pond or a bridge is brought up. Whenever a character is around the pond or bridge, they seem deeply philosophical, or are remembering events from the past. Give at least two examples of these instances. Discuss the impact of these events on the characters. Discuss the impact of the memories on the characters. Why might the author bring past events into the present by using these remembrances?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the book, there are many secrets, some of which impact the plot. Discuss two secrets which are revealed by the end of the book. Who knows the secret? Whose secret is it? Why is the secret important to the plot? How is the secret revealed? How is the secret hinted at and its revealing foreshadowed?
Essay Topic 3
How does Ellie make herself fit in with Katie's family? Is it important? Why might Ellie have wanted to fit in with Katie's family and community?
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