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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. Where does Adam ask Ellie and Coop to go?

2. After Jacob comes home, what or who is Katie growing increasingly unhappy with?

3. When Ellie puts Katie back on the stand, how does Katie say the baby died?

4. Who does Ellie have a conference with before putting Katie on the witness stand?

5. What is the prosecutor able to suggest to the jury through Jacob's testimony?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Katie reveal at the end of Chapter 13?

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

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

5. After the pathologist's testimony, what did Katie do on the way home to the farm?

6. What is Sarah's reaction on the morning of the trial's opening?

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

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

9. What do Katie and Ellie agree on about Katie's defense in Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, there are many secrets, some of which impact the plot. Discuss two secrets which are revealed by the end of the book. Who knows the secret? Whose secret is it? Why is the secret important to the plot? How is the secret revealed? How is the secret hinted at and its revealing foreshadowed?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, the author creates examples of the opposite nature of the English and Amish worlds. Pick three examples from the book of when these opposites are pronounced. Are English and Amish characters involved? Where does the example take place? What impact does the example have on the overall story? What do you think the author is trying to show?

Essay Topic 3

Ellie at first wants to pursue an insanity defense for Katie. Why? Is there any support for such a defense? Eventually, Ellie drops this plan and pursues another defense. What is it? Why did she stop pursuing the insanity defense?

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