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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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

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

7. What does Robbie do for the Tallis family?
(a) Gardens
(b) Farms
(c) Makes meals
(d) Plays music

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

9. Robbie's mother, __________, is a woman whose services are greatly valued by the Tallis family.
(a) Constance
(b) Emily
(c) Grace
(d) Anne

10. Who does Briony sacrifice in her story, declaring them to be incompetent actors?
(a) The twins
(b) The women
(c) The nettles
(d) The men

11. What does Emily want to turn the roast into for Leon's arrival?
(a) A soup
(b) A gravied meat dish
(c) Cold cuts
(d) A casserole

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

13. What does Cecilia see Briony doing from the window of the guest room?
(a) Talking to Robbie
(b) Crossing the bridge
(c) Dancing in the fountain
(d) Writing a letter

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who strips to his/her underwear to retrieve the broken piece?

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

4. Who does Robbie ask to bring the note to Cecilia instead of bringing it to her himself?

5. To what time is play practice delayed causing Briony to be disappointed?

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