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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lola laugh with when she is called to her bath time with her brothers?
(a) A mouth of cola
(b) Green candy
(c) Her hands over her mouth
(d) Pink candy

3. Robbie knows he must speak to Cecilia about his feelings before she _________.
(a) Tells her father
(b) Tells someone else
(c) Finds someone else
(d) Goes away

4. In how many points of view does Briony want to write about the scene she has just seen?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 2

5. What does Emily scoff at that has caused her older sister to leave her children?
(a) Alcohol poisoning
(b) Nervous breakdown
(c) Drug addiction
(d) Divorce

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

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

8. To what age does Robbie's imagination take him as he is thinking about his and Cecilia's future?
(a) 50-years-old
(b) 65-years-old
(c) 55-years-old
(d) 40-years-old

9. How might Lola and her twin brothers be described at this point of the story?
(a) Homesick
(b) Happy as can be
(c) Worried about Briony
(d) Excited to be in the play

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

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

12. What does Briony rip in half when she enters the room where Cecilia is sitting?
(a) Her notebook
(b) A page of the script
(c) A poster for her play
(d) A piece of tissue

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

14. What breaks when Robbie and Cecilia argue over who will help with filling it?
(a) Cup
(b) Vase
(c) Basket
(d) Bowl

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose invitation should Robbie have turned down because it i obvious Cecilia will ignore him the whole time?

2. Whose passing into adulthood is Emily mourning in this section of the book?

3. What is Lola's relation to Briony?

4. Who is the friend of Cecilia's brother that is coming to visit?

5. What does Cecila prepare to help brighten up the room of the guest who is arriving soon?

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