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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 are each of the twins holding as they are crying, perhaps a symbol of their broken family?
(a) A letter
(b) A piece of paper
(c) A single sock
(d) A broken vase

2. Emily believes ______ will leave, just as _______ did. This causes Emily to feel self-pity for these lost people in her life.
(a) Briony, Leon
(b) Cecilia, Hermione
(c) Lola, Cecilia
(d) Briony, Cecilia

3. Who is Emily reluctant to deal with in the beginning of this section, after the group realizes the twins have run away?
(a) Lola
(b) Hermione
(c) Jack
(d) The constable

4. Who is put to bed to wait for the doctors after the attack in the yard?
(a) Cecilia
(b) Lola
(c) Emily
(d) Briony

5. Who is Emily convinced sabotaged Briony's play?
(a) Lola
(b) Cecilia
(c) Robbie
(d) Hermione

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Robbie spend in jail for his crimes, according to the narrative?

2. Betty will get upset with the twins and with the children if they do not come down for _______ immediately.

3. Who do the twins blame for having to be in the house of the Tallis family?

4. Emily believes the twins will probably be back before the __________ could arrive.

5. How many stragglers have reached a bombed out house in order to figure out a shortcut to the sea in the beginning of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Briony escape Cecelia's questioning?

4. What has happened to Lola, according to Briony?

5. Who are the three stragglers that are moving toward a bombed out house as they attempt to find a shortcut to the sea?

6. Why is Briony the one who is left with the adults to tell the story?

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

8. What does Robbie have to say about the letter that he wrote to Cecilia?

9. What is Lola's response to the letter that Robbie has written for Cecilia, as told to her by Briony?

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

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