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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 is Robbie afraid Briony is going to mention at the dinner table?
(a) The library incident
(b) The word he used in the letter
(c) The note
(d) The vase

2. Who summons everyone to dinner, which interrupts the conversation between Lola and Briony?
(a) Jack Tallis
(b) Emily
(c) Betty
(d) Leon

3. Who do the twins blame for having to be in the house of the Tallis family?
(a) Their parents
(b) Emily
(c) Cecilia
(d) Lola

4. How long does Emily lie on the sofa, thinking about everyone else's lives and how they relate to her own feelings?
(a) 2 days
(b) 10 minutes
(c) 30 minutes
(d) 4 hours

5. Who does Emily think might be suitable in terms of marrying Cecilia?
(a) Danny
(b) Marshall
(c) Robbie
(d) Julian

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the answer to #151 say that she saw?

3. On whose cheek does Robbie notice a scratch when they are all sitting down to dinner?

4. What are moths actually looking for, instead of the light, according to Emily's recollection of her education?

5. Which of the Tallis siblings does not seem to have any ambition or any direction to his/her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has been haunting Emily lately?

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

3. What does Briony think Cecilia is telling Leon when Briony sees them walking together a distance away?

4. How does Briony reveal her true self within this section?

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

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

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

8. Why is Betty furious with Emily?

9. What is hanging high up in a tree above the three stragglers from the retreating British army?

10. What is the explanation for the disembodied human leg that Briony thinks she sees?

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