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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. Where does Robbie want to go, with the help of the money of Jack Tallis?
(a) Medical school
(b) Live a carefree life
(c) Europe
(d) Engineering classes

2. Where does Briony decide she will wait until some real event takes place?
(a) The grass
(b) The bridge
(c) The fountain
(d) The garden

3. Who is told to carry the guest's bags upstairs?
(a) Betty
(b) Cecilia
(c) Leon
(d) Danny

4. Who refuses to be convinced they will be going home soon?
(a) Lola
(b) Pierrot
(c) Jack
(d) Jackson

5. How many strokes of nettles does it take for Briony to be free of her show-off years and reliance on her mother's good opinion?
(a) 13
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 12

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Robbie have a letter offering to help him with medical school costs?

2. Who is the friend of Cecilia's brother that is coming to visit?

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

4. How old are the twins, Jackson and Pierrot?

5. How old is Briony at the start of this story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Briony imagine herself to be?

2. What is wrong with the play, according to Briony?

3. What does Robbie presume will happen in relation to the funding for his future schooling?

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

5. Why is Lola embarrassed by Marshall?

6. What do the children do in response to Emily because her illness stops Emily from giving her children a mother's attention?

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

8. What has fallen into disrepair, according to the narrative in this section?

9. Why does Cecilia not go to the kitchen to fill up the vase with water?

10. What are some of the things that Robbie's tiny office contains?

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