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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Jacob when Katie's sister drowned in the pond?
(a) Reading in the barn.
(b) Standing there, but unable to save her.
(c) Running back to the family home to get his parents.
(d) Swimming towards her in the pond.

2. What is a good sign that members of the community will be willing to help Ellie?
(a) When Katie starts talking to her.
(b) When the Fisher family takes her to church.
(c) When the bishop stands up for her.
(d) When the Fisher family allows her to stay in their home.

3. Where did Katie go in the middle of the night the first night Ellie was at her house?
(a) To the family barn.
(b) Next door to the neighbor's farm.
(c) Across the fields.
(d) Down to the pond.

4. Why did Ellie miss the interview at the law firm?
(a) She was in the hospital.
(b) Her car broke down.
(c) She lost track of time.
(d) She decided not to go.

5. What does Ellie do after dinner the first night at the Fisher's?
(a) Reads a book aloud with the family.
(b) Speaks with Katie's parents.
(c) Nothing. She is bored because there is no TV to watch or books to read.
(d) Nothing. Goes to bed right after dinner.

6. What does Katie say to Ellie when they first arrive at Katie's farm and have a few minutes alone?
(a) Katie divulges whose child the baby really is and why she is protecting her.
(b) Katie still flatly refuses to admit to having the baby at all.
(c) Katie says nothing, and instead runs out of the house, crying.
(d) Katie breaks down and tells Ellie all about the birth.

7. What happens when Katie is getting ready to leave the hospital and go home?
(a) Katie's sister arrives.
(b) Leda arrives to take Katie home.
(c) Katie is arrested.
(d) Katie cries and decides not to leave home.

8. What does the party reveal about some members of the Amish community?
(a) That they don't speak English.
(b) That they don't believe the baby is Katie's.
(c) That they think Katie is guilty.
(d) That they don't believe there was a baby.

9. When Ellie thinks about having to formulate Katie's defense, what is she frustrated at?
(a) The tight lipped Amish community.
(b) Having to live at Katie's house while she defends Katie.
(c) The prosecutor's unwillingness to negotiate.
(d) The lack of cooperation Ellie will get from Katie and her parents.

10. Why did Ellie's Aunt Leda leave the Amish community?
(a) She didn't want to marry the Amish man her father picked for her to marry.
(b) She married a Mennonite.
(c) She didn't agree with the Amish way of life.
(d) She wanted non-Amish children.

11. What does Katie think when Ellie explains the English judicial system to her?
(a) Katie doesn't understand the complexity of the system.
(b) Katie doesn't understand why the English are reacting the way they are about the incident.
(c) Katie doesn't understand why she shouldn't just be allowed to tell the truth and receive a fitting punishment.
(d) Katie doesn't understand why she can't defend herself.

12. Who is the owner of the farm where the baby is found?
(a) Ellie Hathaway.
(b) Levi.
(c) Aaron Fisher.
(d) Lizzie Munro.

13. What does Ellie feel guilty about bringing into the barn?
(a) An inverter.
(b) A desktop computer.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A telephone line.

14. What didn't Katie do before she fell asleep?
(a) Hold the baby in her arms.
(b) Give the baby to the doctor at the hospital.
(c) Wrap the baby to keep him warm.
(d) Cut the baby's umbilical cord.

15. Who is Hannah?
(a) Katie's dead cousin.
(b) Katie's dead sister.
(c) Katie's cousin.
(d) Katie's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Aaron rushes Ellie, Katie and Sarah into a buggy, where do they go?

2. What were Katie, Ellie, and Sarah canning?

3. Who does Lizzie Munro not interview?

4. Who gets frustrated and yells at Katie, when Katie still refuses to acknowledge she had a baby?

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

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