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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Briony want to hold the practice for the play at the start of this novel?
(a) Nursery
(b) Backyard
(c) Library
(d) Fountain

2. Who is no longer the horsy sister, according to Robbie and his daydreams?
(a) Briony
(b) Lola
(c) Cecilia
(d) Emily

3. Robbie's mother, __________, is a woman whose services are greatly valued by the Tallis family.
(a) Emily
(b) Anne
(c) Grace
(d) Constance

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

5. What is it that Cecilia feels satisfied that is undetectable?
(a) The repairs to the vase
(b) The stain on her dress
(c) The threats she's made to Robbie
(d) Her true feelings about Robbie

6. Which character's profession is in banking, something which is dull and uninspiring to them?
(a) Robbie
(b) Leon
(c) Cecilia
(d) Marshall

7. What do Emily's daughters call her, knowing that she does not give them the attention they should get as her children?
(a) Mama
(b) Tanta
(c) Mom
(d) Emily

8. Where does Briony sit alone, holding the script of her first play?
(a) Nursery
(b) In the fountain
(c) Grass
(d) Library

9. What play does the answer to #54 talk about with Lola?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Hamlet
(c) Romeo and Juliet
(d) Arabella

10. Who does Cecilia want to avoid in the kitchen, causing her to have to go to the fountain for water?
(a) Betty
(b) Briony
(c) Emily
(d) Lola

11. While Briony is sick of being outdoors, she is not ready to ________.
(a) Be indoors
(b) Write
(c) Eat dinner
(d) Leave her fantasy land

12. What does Cecila prepare to help brighten up the room of the guest who is arriving soon?
(a) The bathroom
(b) The bedspread
(c) A vase of flowers
(d) A small basket of soaps

13. What does Emily need to don in order to go to see Briony and to comfort her?
(a) Sunglasses
(b) A shawl
(c) A long coat
(d) Her wool blanket

14. Where does Briony imagine herself to be, as an expert at slashing the nettles in the yard?
(a) The stage performing a play
(b) Berlin Olympics
(c) The jungle
(d) Greek Olympics

15. Who is the friend of Cecilia's brother that is coming to visit?
(a) Leon
(b) Paul Marshall
(c) Jack Tallis
(d) Roger Darthmouth

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Briony rip in half when she enters the room where Cecilia is sitting?

2. What does Emily make sure the children have done before she retreats?

3. Where does Robbie want to go, with the help of the money of Jack Tallis?

4. Who refuses to be convinced they will be going home soon?

5. What is Briony angrily slashing as she constructs a new story for the arrival of her brother?

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