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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 is the name of the local bishop?

2. What did Katie join when she became a teenager?

3. Who decides to act as counsel for Katie?

4. What does Ellie do after dinner the first night at the Fisher's?

5. What is Levi looking for when he finds the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when reporters show up to interview the family at their house?

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

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

4. In Chapter 1, why does Ellie Hathaway take Katie's case?

5. In Chapter 5, when Katie recalls moments of her past, she recalled meeting someone at Jacob's graduation. Who was it?

6. How does the bishop provide Ellie with electricity for her laptop?

7. 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?

8. What happens to someone who has done something wrong against the Amish code of living?

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

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

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

In Plain Truth, two of the protagonists are Katie and Ellie. Discuss how they are alike and how they are different. Are they opposites? Or is Ellie more like what Katie will be in twenty years?

Essay Topic 3

The Amish community is very tight-knit. Describe the role of the community in Plain Truth. Who were prominent community members? Who did the reader only see once or twice, but still aided in the story?

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