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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Katie talking to in the middle of the night when she left the house?
(a) Her dead brother.
(b) Her dead sister.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her grandfather.

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

3. What does Stephen state on the phone is the reason Ellie moved to the Fisher farm?
(a) To get him to think she was a soft-hearted woman.
(b) To get his attention.
(c) To move away from him.
(d) To get him to propose to her.

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

5. Why did the doctors send Katie to the emergency room?
(a) To remove her spleen.
(b) To stop the bleeding.
(c) To remove a brain tumor.
(d) To remove a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Levi helping Aaron Fisher with before he fell into a pile of manure?

2. Why did Ellie miss the interview at the law firm?

3. What do the bishop and the church leaders want Katie to do at the next church meeting?

4. What is Katie accused of doing?

5. What does Ellie make clear to Coop about their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Samuel admit to the bishop in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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. 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?

8. When Stephen is annoyed that Ellie missed the interview and embarrassed him, what did Ellie realize?

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

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?

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