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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. Who is Hannah?

2. What died once placed in Katie's care?

3. Who is the owner of the farm where the baby is found?

4. What was the event at which one of the Amish ladies insisted Katie stay away from her infant child?

5. What does Katie do at the cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, when does Lizzie begin to question Katie and what does she question?

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

3. What does Lizzie Munor believe happened when she is called to the farm in Chapter 1?

4. Why does Leda believe that it is necessary for Sarah to arrange a lawyer for Katie?

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

6. In Chapter 8, what is the reason that the author says Katie's father considers Jacob dead?

7. In Chapter 4, why did Ellie call a psychiatrist friend in the middle of the night?

8. In Chapter 6, why does Katie agree to confess her sins at the next church meeting as the bishop and church leaders have asked her to do?

9. What happened on Sunday night in Chapter 5 that reminded Ellie that Katie was still lying about not having a baby and what did it make Ellie wonder?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the influences in Ellie's actions in the book? Why was she drawn to Katie? What made her represent Katie at trial? What guided Ellie? What made her choose the things she did?

Essay Topic 2

Ellie at first wants to pursue an insanity defense for Katie. Why? Is there any support for such a defense? Eventually, Ellie drops this plan and pursues another defense. What is it? Why did she stop pursuing the insanity defense?

Essay Topic 3

Katie felt pulled in two directions by men in her life, Samuel and Adam. Which did Katie eventually choose, if either, and why? Why might outside factors, such as family, influenced Katie's decision? What do these two men represent in Katie's life?

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