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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 Robbie apologize for doing in the library the other day in the note he writes to Cecilia?
(a) Entering barefoot
(b) Breaking the statue
(c) Taking a piece of paper
(d) Stealing a book

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

3. What is also attacked for wasting Briony's time, as she criticizes herself?
(a) Marshall
(b) Playwriting
(c) The vase
(d) Lola

4. Where does Briony see Robbie and Cecilia talking?
(a) Kitchen
(b) Nursery
(c) Fountain
(d) Library

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

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

3. What does Briony think is wrong about the scene she just saw between Robbie and Cecilia?

4. Where does Briony want to hold the practice for the play at the start of this novel?

5. Where does Briony sit alone, holding the script of her first play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Briony want to prepare her play to be seen by others?

2. What causes Cecilia to stop fixing the vase?

3. Why is Briony relieved when everyone leaves her alone in the nursery?

4. Who pronounces the unthinkable word, "divorce?"

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

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

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

8. What does Cecilia try to do in order to recover the appearance of the vase?

9. Who does Emily trust to take care of things around the house while she tries to rest?

10. What is wrong with the play, according to Briony?

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