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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cecila prepare to help brighten up the room of the guest who is arriving soon?
(a) A small basket of soaps
(b) The bathroom
(c) The bedspread
(d) A vase of flowers

2. Who is the friend of Cecilia's brother that is coming to visit?
(a) Jack Tallis
(b) Roger Darthmouth
(c) Paul Marshall
(d) Leon

3. What university do Cecilia and Robbie both attend?
(a) Dartmouth
(b) Cambridge
(c) Wellingston
(d) Oxford

4. Where does Briony want to hold the practice for the play at the start of this novel?
(a) Backyard
(b) Nursery
(c) Fountain
(d) Library

5. What does Briony rip in half when she enters the room where Cecilia is sitting?
(a) A page of the script
(b) Her notebook
(c) A poster for her play
(d) A piece of tissue

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what time is play practice delayed causing Briony to be disappointed?

3. Where does Lola see Briony, thus realizing that the play is dead?

4. Who was a war hero whose funeral Cecilia barely remembers?

5. Which member of the Tallis family is coming home, hence Briony's preoccupation with writing the play for this particular person's celebration?

(see the answer key)

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