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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. Where does Briony want to hold the practice for the play at the start of this novel?
(a) Backyard
(b) Library
(c) Nursery
(d) Fountain

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Robbie want to go, with the help of the money of Jack Tallis?

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

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

4. What is also attacked for wasting Briony's time, as she criticizes herself?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Briony's reaction to her big brother when he approaches her?

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

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

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

6. Where does Briony imagine herself to be?

7. What do the children do in response to Emily because her illness stops Emily from giving her children a mother's attention?

8. What causes Cecilia to stop fixing the vase?

9. For what does Robbie type a letter to Cecilia as an apology?

10. What has fallen into disrepair, according to the narrative in this section?

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