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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 does Katie do at the baby's grave?

2. Who does Ellie have a conference with before putting Katie on the witness stand?

3. What does Katie tell Ellie happened at a party while visiting Jacob?

4. Why does Katie continue to insist she doesn't know how the baby died?

5. What occurred at the hearing in the judge's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Sarah's reaction on the morning of the trial's opening?

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

4. After the pathologist's testimony, what did Katie do on the way home to the farm?

5. What does Coop suggest when Ellie goes to him as a sounding board for a new defense strategy in Chapters 11-12?

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

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

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

9. What do Katie and Ellie agree on about Katie's defense in Chapter 10?

10. What happened when Ellie returned to the Fisher farm the first night of trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women play an important role in Plain Truth. Discuss one English woman and one Amish woman 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

There are at least two instances where a bann is brought up in Plain Truth. Discuss the role of the bann in the story, and why the author might have used it. Which characters were directly and indirectly affected by the bann? Why? What does this say about the affected characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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