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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cecilia say to Briony when she would have nightmares? "________. It's only a dream."
(a) Shhh.
(b) Come back
(c) Quiet darling.
(d) Calm down

2. In what building of the Tallis estate does Robbie sit in a bathtub to soak?
(a) The sitting room
(b) The guest room
(c) The garden shed
(d) A bunglaow

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

4. What university do Cecilia and Robbie both attend?
(a) Dartmouth
(b) Cambridge
(c) Wellingston
(d) Oxford

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

6. Where does Briony decide she will wait until some real event takes place?
(a) The garden
(b) The fountain
(c) The bridge
(d) The grass

7. Where does Lola see Briony, thus realizing that the play is dead?
(a) By the lake
(b) In her bedroom
(c) On the island
(d) In the fountain

8. To what time is play practice delayed causing Briony to be disappointed?
(a) 5:00 PM
(b) 4:00 PM
(c) 12:00 PM
(d) 3:00 PM

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

10. Who strips to his/her underwear to retrieve the broken piece?
(a) Emily
(b) Robbie
(c) Briony
(d) Cecilia

11. Who does Emily count on to care for the guests when they arrive, which calms Emily and allows her to sleep?
(a) Lola
(b) Briony
(c) Betty
(d) Cecilia

12. What does Cecilia want to have when she starts to think of Robbie?
(a) A flower
(b) Cigarette
(c) Tissue
(d) An excuse to miss dinner

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

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

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) Jack
(b) Lola
(c) Leon
(d) Cecilia

Short Answer Questions

1. Robbie's mother, __________, is a woman whose services are greatly valued by the Tallis family.

2. About what subject is the book from the library that Robbie borrowed days before?

3. What do Emily's daughters call her, knowing that she does not give them the attention they should get as her children?

4. What is Cecilia's nickname?

5. Who does Briony behead in the context of the story she is hastily crafting?

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