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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. What is the prosecutor able to suggest to the jury through Jacob's testimony?
(a) That Katie is a good girl, but made one mistake.
(b) That Katie has a habit of lying to her family.
(c) That Katie knew she had killed her baby.
(d) That Katie knew she had baby, and didn't care.

2. What does Samuel speak about on the stand?
(a) The Amish way of life and dating.
(b) The Amish way of life and his plans for the future.
(c) Katie's character and the Amish way of life.
(d) Katie's character and his relationship with Katie.

3. Katie tells the prosecution that she killed the baby but refuses to say what?
(a) How she did it.
(b) If anyone else was with her.
(c) Where it happened.
(d) When it happened.

4. After Jacob comes home, what or who is Katie growing increasingly unhappy with?
(a) Jacob.
(b) The English legal system.
(c) The idea of an insanity defense.
(d) Her parents

5. Where does no one seem interested in the trial?
(a) In State College, where Jacob lives.
(b) At the weekly church gathering.
(c) At the Fisher farm.
(d) In the English community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lizzie suggest as a possible motive of murder?

2. Where does Ellie take Katie when Katie gets into the courthouse?

3. The day before Ellie puts Katie on the stand, what does Samuel ask Katie?

4. Who got upset on the stand during the trial?

5. What happens when the prosecutor cross-examines Samuel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Katie admit to Ellie at the end of Chapter 16?

3. In Chapter 10, why wasn't Katie comfortable with the insanity defense?

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

5. What does Coop say to try to help Ellie after Katie signs a waiver saying that Ellie advised her against testifying?

6. In Chapter 9, what does the friend who visits Katie a few days after the girl had a date with Samuel, say to Katie?

7. What is Lizzie convincing the district attorney of in Chapter 9?

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

9. What was the punishment Katie received from the elders of the church?

10. What was Katie's reaction to the plea bargain?

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