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

2. Who does Ellie witness Katie having a conversation with, without any emotion, after the party has ended?

3. What does the party reveal about some members of the Amish community?

4. What is the name of the local bishop?

5. When the bishop announces after the services that there will be no meeting afterward, what does that mean for Katie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8, why can't Ellie arrange to see Jacob once Leda tells Ellie about Jacob's existence?

3. In Chapter 1, when does Lizzie begin to question Katie and what does she question?

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

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

6. What is the first step Ellie takes in an attempt to win over the Amish community?

7. 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?

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

9. What did Lizzie learn in her discussion with Sarah in Chapter 7?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ellie plays a major role in Katie's life leading up to, and during, the trial. Would another English attorney have been able to get as close to the Fisher family as Ellie did? Why or why not? Did Ellie's Aunt Leda play a significant role in Ellie's success for Katie's case?

Essay Topic 3

What impact do Amish values and culture play in Plain Truth? If the Fishers were non-religious, or English, would the events have transpired differently? Would the court case have turned out the same way?

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