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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. While Briony is sick of being outdoors, she is not ready to ________.
(a) Be indoors
(b) Leave her fantasy land
(c) Eat dinner
(d) Write

4. Who is no longer the horsy sister, according to Robbie and his daydreams?
(a) Emily
(b) Lola
(c) Briony
(d) Cecilia

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

6. 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

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

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

9. What always stops Emily from giving her full attention to the children?
(a) Illness
(b) Her husband
(c) Excuses
(d) Her work

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

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

12. What is happening with Briony's cousins that causes them to come to stay with her family for the time being?
(a) The parents are divorcing
(b) Their parents are ill
(c) Their parents are on a vacation
(d) Their parents are dead

13. Where does Briony sit alone, holding the script of her first play?
(a) Grass
(b) Library
(c) Nursery
(d) In the fountain

14. What does Emily need to don in order to go to see Briony and to comfort her?
(a) Sunglasses
(b) Her wool blanket
(c) A shawl
(d) A long coat

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily make sure the children have done before she retreats?

2. Who does Cecilia think has his eye on Lola, as she has observed from his behavior around Lola?

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

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

5. What does Robbie apologize for doing in the library the other day in the note he writes to Cecilia?

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