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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Briony rip in half when she enters the room where Cecilia is sitting?
(a) A page of the script
(b) Her notebook
(c) A poster for her play
(d) A piece of tissue

2. 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) Cunt
(c) Thrust
(d) Sex

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

4. Who is the friend of Cecilia's brother that is coming to visit?
(a) Jack Tallis
(b) Leon
(c) Roger Darthmouth
(d) Paul Marshall

5. 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 dead
(c) Their parents are ill
(d) Their parents are on a vacation

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Briony angrily slashing as she constructs a new story for the arrival of her brother?

3. When Briony's fantasy fades, the difficult _________ occurs.

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

5. What has Leon seen Briony doing by the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Briony imagine is happening when she sees Robbie and Cecilia are out at the fountain?

2. What is the name of the play Briony has been trying to prepare for a few days?

3. What does Robbie presume will happen in relation to the funding for his future schooling?

4. What mystery does Briony begin to contemplate as she is looking at her hand?

5. What is Robbie thinking of as he soaks in a bathtub?

6. Why does Cecilia not go to the kitchen to fill up the vase with water?

7. What causes Cecilia to stop fixing the vase?

8. Why does Robbie think he should have turned down Leon's invitation to dinner?

9. What does Emily think will prevent Cecilia from finding a husband?

10. What does Briony think she should have done for her brother, Leon's, return?

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