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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. Why does Ellie decide she must mount an insanity plea?

2. In Part One, Chapter 5, why does Katie wake at night and cry out in pain?

3. What does Stephen state on the phone is the reason Ellie moved to the Fisher farm?

4. Where does Katie believe the baby is when she wakes up from her post-delivery nap?

5. What didn't Katie do before she fell asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a dissociative state and when can it occur?

2. What were two reasons Ellie had trouble adjusting to the Amish way of life the first night?

3. What did Lizzie learn in her discussion with Sarah in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 5, when Katie recalls moments of her past, she recalled meeting someone at Jacob's graduation. Who was it?

5. Why does Ellie initially get frustrated and think it will be difficult to defend Katie?

6. In Chapter 7, what did Katie recall when Samuel confessed to Katie that he wished the baby was his as well?

7. In Chapters 2-3, the author mentioned that when Katie went to visit Jacob six years ago in State College, Jacob give her a gift. What was this gift?

8. In Chapter 8, why can't Ellie arrange to see Jacob once Leda tells Ellie about Jacob's existence?

9. 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?

10. What do Stephen and Ellie discuss on the phone in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ellie plays a major role in Katie's life leading up to, and during, the trial. Would another English attorney have been able to get as close to the Fisher family as Ellie did? Why or why not? Did Ellie's Aunt Leda play a significant role in Ellie's success for Katie's case?

Essay Topic 3

In Plain Truth, two of the protagonists are Katie and Ellie. Discuss how they are alike and how they are different. Are they opposites? Or is Ellie more like what Katie will be in twenty years?

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