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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Jack
(c) Leon
(d) Cecilia

2. What is also attacked for wasting Briony's time, as she criticizes herself?
(a) The vase
(b) Playwriting
(c) Marshall
(d) Lola

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

4. Whose passing into adulthood is Emily mourning in this section of the book?
(a) Cecilia
(b) Briony
(c) Lola
(d) Hermione

5. About what subject is the book from the library that Robbie borrowed days before?
(a) Gardening
(b) Anatomy
(c) Fountains
(d) Versailles

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

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

8. What is Cecilia's nickname?
(a) Ceecee
(b) Cilly
(c) Cee
(d) She doesn't have one

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

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

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

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

13. What is the word Robbie adds in impulsively to the letter, although he decides he will not send that copy to Cecilia?
(a) Penis
(b) Sex
(c) Cunt
(d) Thrust

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

15. How many strokes of nettles does it take for Briony to be free of her show-off years and reliance on her mother's good opinion?
(a) 10
(b) 13
(c) 12
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character's profession is in banking, something which is dull and uninspiring to them?

2. What is happening with Briony's cousins that causes them to come to stay with her family for the time being?

3. What does Cecilia carry up to the guest room?

4. From whom does Robbie have a letter offering to help him with medical school costs?

5. From the window in what room does Lola notice Briony, as answered in question #49?

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