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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who feels that everyone is conspiring to ruin her play?
(a) Briony
(b) Lola
(c) Cecilia
(d) Emily

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

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

4. 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) Tanta
(c) Mom
(d) Mama

5. What is the name of Briony's first play production that she has been feverishly preparing?
(a) The Tragedy of Leon and his Turtle
(b) The Trials of Cecilia and Robbie
(c) The Trials of Arabella
(d) The Tales of Arabela

6. Who refuses to be convinced they will be going home soon?
(a) Jack
(b) Jackson
(c) Lola
(d) Pierrot

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

8. How old is Briony at the start of this story?
(a) 13
(b) 15
(c) 11
(d) 12

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

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

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

12. What does Cecila prepare to help brighten up the room of the guest who is arriving soon?
(a) A small basket of soaps
(b) The bathroom
(c) The bedspread
(d) A vase of flowers

13. In Robbie's office, there is a photograph of __________ celebrating their honeymoon.
(a) His parents
(b) His friends
(c) Leon and Lola
(d) Cecilia's parents

14. Why does Emily retreat to her bedroom every afternoon?
(a) To avoid a migraine
(b) To hide from her life
(c) To take drugs
(d) To see her lover

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Cecilia say to Briony when she would have nightmares? "________. It's only a dream."

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

4. In what building of the Tallis estate does Robbie sit in a bathtub to soak?

5. What is it that Cecilia feels satisfied that is undetectable?

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