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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Briony think she should have done for her brother?
(a) Nothing
(b) Written a story
(c) Written a poem
(d) Made him a medal

2. Who was a war hero whose funeral Cecilia barely remembers?
(a) Jack
(b) Leon
(c) Clem
(d) Marshall

3. What is the problem, Briony finally decides, in regards to the play she wants to stage?
(a) The costumes
(b) Lola
(c) The play itself
(d) The twins

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

5. From the window in what room does Lola notice Briony, as answered in question #49?
(a) The kitchen
(b) The library
(c) An unused bedroom
(d) The sitting room

6. Who accepts full responsibility for breaking the item in #19?
(a) Both do
(b) Neither do
(c) Robbie
(d) Cecilia

7. Who is told to carry the guest's bags upstairs?
(a) Leon
(b) Betty
(c) Cecilia
(d) Danny

8. What does Robbie do for the Tallis family?
(a) Plays music
(b) Farms
(c) Makes meals
(d) Gardens

9. Who does Briony sacrifice in her story, declaring them to be incompetent actors?
(a) The twins
(b) The men
(c) The women
(d) The nettles

10. How old are the twins, Jackson and Pierrot?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 11

11. With what degree has Robbie graduated from university?
(a) Biology
(b) Literature
(c) Mathematics
(d) History

12. What has Leon seen Briony doing by the lake?
(a) Writing a new story
(b) Burning her books
(c) Crying
(d) Thrashing the nettles

13. Who cannot act, as seen in the play practice, causing Briony to become even more frustrated with her play?
(a) Robbie
(b) Cecilia
(c) Lola
(d) The twins

14. What does Cecilia see Briony doing from the window of the guest room?
(a) Writing a letter
(b) Crossing the bridge
(c) Dancing in the fountain
(d) Talking to Robbie

15. Which member of the Tallis family is coming home, hence Briony's preoccupation with writing the play for this particular person's celebration?
(a) Lola
(b) Leon
(c) Jack
(d) Cecilia

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cecilia want to avoid in the kitchen, causing her to have to go to the fountain for water?

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

3. What university do Cecilia and Robbie both attend?

4. In Robbie's office, there is a photograph of __________ celebrating their honeymoon.

5. What is the word Robbie adds in impulsively to the letter, although he decides he will not send that copy to Cecilia?

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