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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 is Jack actually doing when he calls up with the answer to #136?

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

3. Who does Lola want to tell about the letter that Robbie wrote for Cecilia?

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

5. When was the first time Robbie saw Cecilia after he got out of prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Cecilia doing in response to the attack?

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

7. What does Leon have to say about England in hot weather?

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

9. What does Emily think her husband will do soon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The vase becomes a symbolic item in this story, with its glorious return to the family, then its breaking, repair, and then eventual demise.

Part 1: What is the story of the vase's return to the family?

Part 2: How does the vase become broken in the first place?

Part 3: What does the breaking and repair of the case seem to symbolize in relation to the relationship between Robbie and Cecilia?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of love and romance is an expected one in a novel containing a young girl who looks to her older sisters to see what "real life" will be like when she grows up.

Part 1: What does Briony think romance and love should include?

Part 2: What do you think Cecilia uses as a definition of love and romance? What does love include, according to her?

Part 3: Cite two examples of love relationships in this story. What do they have to say about the idea of love and its ability to heal and to hurt?

Essay Topic 3

The growing up of Briony plays into the overall plot of the story, showing the reader that while she might want to grow up, she isn't quite ready for that adult world.

Part 1: List at least three things that Briony does that shows her immaturity.

Part 2: List at least three things that Briony does that demonstrate that she is growing up in the first part of the book.

Part 3: Has Briony grown up in the second part of the book? Or is she still childish in her interactions and her reactions to Cecilia?

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