def read_plain_boolean(file_obj, count):
    """Read `count` booleans using the plain encoding."""
    # for bit packed, the count is stored shifted up. But we want to pass in a count,
    # so we shift up.
    # bit width is 1 for a single-bit boolean.
    return read_bitpacked(file_obj, count << 1, 1, logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG))