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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robbie the son of _________________.
(a) Constance Turner
(b) The family cleaning lady
(c) Paul
(d) The local banking heir

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

3. Who comes to the doorway of Lola and her brothers to introduce themselves?
(a) Danny
(b) Jack
(c) Marshall
(d) Leon

4. What does Lola not want the answer to #54 to talk about around her brothers?
(a) Their parents
(b) The play
(c) Cecilia
(d) Briony

5. What kind of writer does Briony become at this point?
(a) Irrealism narrative
(b) Immoral mental creationism
(c) Amoral psychological realism
(d) Creative archetypal

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

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

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

9. What is Briony angrily slashing as she constructs a new story for the arrival of her brother?
(a) Willows
(b) Nettles
(c) The birch tree
(d) The grass

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

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

12. What does Briony not want to have done with her anymore?
(a) Pitying
(b) Kissing
(c) Cuddling
(d) Soothing

13. What does Cecilia carry up to the guest room?
(a) A small snack
(b) A vase
(c) A basket
(d) A new set of sheets

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

15. What kind of business does the answer to #54 own?
(a) Movie company
(b) Medical practice
(c) Chocolate factory
(d) Banking office

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Briony think Robbie is asking Cecilia to do?

2. Where does Briony imagine herself to be, as an expert at slashing the nettles in the yard?

3. While Briony is sick of being outdoors, she is not ready to ________.

4. Where does Briony want to hold the practice for the play at the start of this novel?

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

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