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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. How was Lola grabbed during her attack, making it more difficult for her to identify her attacker?
(a) From the front
(b) From behind a bush
(c) From the side
(d) From behind

2. Emily believes the twins will probably be back before the __________ could arrive.
(a) Search parties
(b) Vockins
(c) Police squad
(d) Desserts

3. Who is the woman that strikes fear into the hearts of all the probationary nurses and staff?
(a) Sister Melanie Disdon
(b) Sister Margorie Stutthold
(c) Sister Mary Ann Desmond
(d) Sister Marjorie Drummond

4. Betty will get upset with the twins and with the children if they do not come down for _______ immediately.
(a) Tea
(b) Dinner
(c) Baths
(d) Snacks

5. What does Briony want to ask Marshall about, as she says a cowardly way to go about her plans?
(a) Leon
(b) Robbie
(c) Sweets
(d) Banking

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Briony comforted to know is with her sister Cecilia as they are searching for the twins?

2. Who is now a probationary nurse at the start of 1940 in this section of the book?

3. How long does Emily lie on the sofa, thinking about everyone else's lives and how they relate to her own feelings?

4. What does Emily watch as she looks at her unused harpsichord?

5. Who jokes about having been persuaded by Emily to have a roast in Leon's honor, no matter the weather?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who approaches Cecilia as she is changing for dinner?

2. Why do the probationers live in constant fear of Sister Marjorie Drummond?

3. Who interrupts Briony as she is trying to write a new story?

4. What is Jack's response to the disappearance of the twins?

5. Where does Cecilia run off to in order to be free of her mother?

6. What does Briony decide about the letter that Robbie has written to Cecilia?

7. How does Cecilia react to Robbie's apology to her about the note?

8. Who enters the library and catches Robbie and Cecilia?

9. What does Emily think about the disappearance of the twins?

10. When Cecilia puts on the pink dress, who does she think she looks like?

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