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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Briony refuse to acknowledge when they come upon her at the bridge?
(a) Lola
(b) Leon
(c) Emily
(d) Cecilia

2. What kind of writer does Briony become at this point?
(a) Amoral psychological realism
(b) Immoral mental creationism
(c) Creative archetypal
(d) Irrealism narrative

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

4. Who does Emily think will be hindered in her search for a husband because of her education level?
(a) Betty
(b) Lola
(c) Cecilia
(d) Briony

5. 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) 5
(b) 10
(c) 13
(d) 12

6. Who does Robbie ask to bring the note to Cecilia instead of bringing it to her himself?
(a) Briony
(b) Leon
(c) Lola
(d) Emily

7. What is the unthinkable obscenity that the answer to question #52 utters?
(a) Homesick
(b) Hopelessness
(c) Divorce
(d) Cunt

8. What is Briony angrily slashing as she constructs a new story for the arrival of her brother?
(a) The grass
(b) Nettles
(c) Willows
(d) The birch tree

9. Briony often wonders if others think about life's _________ as much as she does.
(a) Boredom
(b) Mysteries
(c) Questions
(d) Oddities

10. Who calls Lola and her brothers to their bath, causing the meeting with the answer to #54 to be over?
(a) Betty
(b) Cecilia
(c) Emily
(d) Briony

11. What does the person in #80 end up doing in response to Briony's refusal to acknowledge them?
(a) They play hit her.
(b) They leave.
(c) They yell at her.
(d) The make fun of her.

12. What is Briony freed from when she writes a play, much to her delight?
(a) The "She saids"
(b) Good spelling
(c) Full sentences
(d) Grammar

13. What does Emily make sure the children have done before she retreats?
(a) Eat a sensible lunch
(b) Take a bath
(c) Clean their rooms
(d) Do their homework

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

15. What does Briony not want to have done with her anymore?
(a) Cuddling
(b) Soothing
(c) Kissing
(d) Pitying

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily need to don in order to go to see Briony and to comfort her?

2. Who does Briony sacrifice in her story, declaring them to be incompetent actors?

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

4. How might Lola and her twin brothers be described at this point of the story?

5. Robbie knows he must speak to Cecilia about his feelings before she _________.

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