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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 always stops Emily from giving her full attention to the children?
(a) Illness
(b) Her husband
(c) Her work
(d) Excuses

2. How many days has Briony spent preparing her first play?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4

3. What does Marshall give to the children in this room as he is talking to them?
(a) A glass of water
(b) Amo sample
(c) A vase
(d) Books

4. Who does Briony behead in the context of the story she is hastily crafting?
(a) Ronnie
(b) Lola
(c) Cecilia
(d) Emily

5. At what age does Briony write her first short story, allowing for the beginning of her life's writing escapades?
(a) 13
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 11

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emily think will be hindered in her search for a husband because of her education level?

2. What is also attacked for wasting Briony's time, as she criticizes herself?

3. What is the name of Briony's first play production that she has been feverishly preparing?

4. Who feels that everyone is conspiring to ruin her play?

5. What does Briony think she should have done for her brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who pronounces the unthinkable word, "divorce?"

2. What is Robbie thinking of as he soaks in a bathtub?

3. Describe the state of Cecilia at the beginning of this section.

4. What does Briony do as she constructs yet another story?

5. What does Briony imagine is happening when she sees Robbie and Cecilia are out at the fountain?

6. What does Cecilia try to do in order to recover the appearance of the vase?

7. What mystery does Briony begin to contemplate as she is looking at her hand?

8. Why does Cecilia not go to the kitchen to fill up the vase with water?

9. What is wrong with the play, according to Briony?

10. Where does Briony imagine herself to be?

(see the answer keys)

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