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

2. 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) 10
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 5

3. What does Briony think is wrong about the scene she just saw between Robbie and Cecilia?
(a) The sequence
(b) The passion
(c) The props
(d) The couple

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

5. Where does Briony sit alone, holding the script of her first play?
(a) Library
(b) In the fountain
(c) Grass
(d) Nursery

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what degree has Robbie graduated from university?

3. Whose invitation should Robbie have turned down because it i obvious Cecilia will ignore him the whole time?

4. Who accepts full responsibility for breaking the item in #19?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cecilia do in order to brighten up the guestroom for Paul Marshall, a friend of her brother's?

2. What does Cecilia's father disapprove of which she does in spite of this disapproval?

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

4. What does Briony do when she has finished a piece of writing?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Briony do as she constructs yet another story?

10. Why does Emily retreat to her bedroom each and every day?

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