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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 did Katie join when she became a teenager?
2. Who does Lizzie Munro not interview?
3. What does Ellie speak to Aaron, and then the bishop, about needing?
4. Who was Katie talking to in the middle of the night when she left the house?
5. What is the name of the local bishop?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 1, why does Ellie Hathaway take Katie's case?
2. What did Lizzie learn in her discussion with Sarah in Chapter 7?
3. What happens when reporters show up to interview the family at their house?
4. In Chapter 5, when Katie recalls moments of her past, she recalled meeting someone at Jacob's graduation. Who was it?
5. What does Lizzie Munor believe happened when she is called to the farm in Chapter 1?
6. 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?
7. In Chapter 4, why did Ellie call a psychiatrist friend in the middle of the night?
8. What is a dissociative state and when can it occur?
9. In Chapter 8, why can't Ellie arrange to see Jacob once Leda tells Ellie about Jacob's existence?
10. In Chapter 7, what does Ellie want to know when she confronts Katie after she learns from Lizzie that Samuel had never been intimate with Katie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Men play an important role in the book. Discuss one English man and one Amish man and their impact on the story. When do they appear in the book? Why? Who are their relationships with? Why? What is their role in the story? Is it a dominating role, or is it a supportive role? How do they interact with the other characters? What does this tell us about them?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Throughout the book, the author creates examples of the opposite nature of the English and Amish worlds. Pick three examples from the book of when these opposites are pronounced. Are English and Amish characters involved? Where does the example take place? What impact does the example have on the overall story? What do you think the author is trying to show?
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