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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbie apologize for doing in the library the other day in the note he writes to Cecilia?

2. What is the name of Briony's first play production that she has been feverishly preparing?

3. What play does the answer to #54 talk about with Lola?

4. Who is no longer the horsy sister, according to Robbie and his daydreams?

5. What does Lola laugh with when she is called to her bath time with her brothers?

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 Robbie presume will happen in relation to the funding for his future schooling?

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

4. What does Lola ask of Marshall in as grown-up a manner as she can muster?

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

6. What does Briony imagine is happening when she sees Robbie and Cecilia are out at the fountain?

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

8. Why is Lola embarrassed by Marshall?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The library scene between Robbie and Cecilia is one that can shock readers, while also causing them to learn more about these two characters and their feelings for each other.

Part 1: Why do you think this scene was narrated by Robbie instead of Cecilia?

Part 2: How did you feel about Robbie before the scene? After the scene?

Part 3: How does this scene show the true feelings between these two characters?

Essay Topic 2

The character of Cecilia is one that seems a bit complicated to the reader and to the actual story's movement.

Part 1: Describe the character of Cecilia.

Part 2: Is Cecilia as grown up as she seems to be? Why or why not? Does Cecilia feel she is the adult everyone believes her to be?

Part 3: How is Cecilia affected by the loss of Robbie and by the story of Briony?

Essay Topic 3

The letter from Robbie to Cecilia sets off a chain of events in many respects. The importance of this letter cannot be denied.

Part 1: Why does Robbie write this letter in the first place? What is he trying to achieve?

Part 2: Why does Robbie decide to write another letter that is less crude? Why would he have been so crude in the first place?

Part 3: Why is Cecilia not bothered by the crudeness of the letter she does receive? What does this say about her?

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