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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. How was Lola grabbed during her attack, making it more difficult for her to identify her attacker?

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

3. Where does Cecilia believe her sister to be as she is hunting to find her?

4. Where does Cecilia meet up with her half-drunk brother, finally, after escaping from her mother and the drama of the kitchen?

5. Who does Briony say is the attack of the answer to #151?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What has been haunting Emily lately?

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

6. Why is Betty furious with Emily?

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

8. What does Briony picture has happened to the twins?

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

10. How does Briony escape Cecelia's questioning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence also plays a major role in this story, causing characters to be misconstrued and causing characters to create their own explanations.

Part 1: Describe the scene between Robbie and Cecilia which is seen as violence in Briony's eyes.

Part 2: Why do you think Briony mistook this scene for violence?

Part 3: What does the assumption of violence or negative actions (as in when Lola agrees with Briony's assessment of the letter) say about these characters? Why are they so sensitive to the possibility of violence?

Essay Topic 2

The fountain scene between Robbie and Cecilia is one that begins to turn Briony's attention to darker perceptions of the two characters.

Part 1: Describe what actually happens at the fountain between Robbie and Cecilia.

Part 2: Describe what Briony perceives to have happened during this conversation between the two.

Part 3: Why do you think Cecilia reacted in the scene the way she did? What does this seem to say to Briony?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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