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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 Briony sit alone, holding the script of her first play?
(a) Library
(b) Grass
(c) In the fountain
(d) Nursery

2. What has fallen into disrepair, which is a shame as it is an architectural point of interest?
(a) Island temple
(b) The house itself
(c) The gazebo
(d) The fountain

3. What does Cecilia carry up to the guest room?
(a) A basket
(b) A vase
(c) A new set of sheets
(d) A small snack

4. What play does the answer to #54 talk about with Lola?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Hamlet
(c) Arabella
(d) Romeo and Juliet

5. To what age does Robbie's imagination take him as he is thinking about his and Cecilia's future?
(a) 50-years-old
(b) 40-years-old
(c) 55-years-old
(d) 65-years-old

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Briony think Robbie is asking Cecilia to do?

2. What is Cecilia's nickname?

3. When Briony's fantasy fades, the difficult _________ occurs.

4. What does Emily want to turn the roast into for Leon's arrival?

5. What is Briony freed from when she writes a play, much to her delight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Emily trust to take care of things around the house while she tries to rest?

2. What does Cecilia do in order to brighten up the guestroom for Paul Marshall, a friend of her brother's?

3. What does Lola see through the window of an unused bedroom?

4. What is the name of the play Briony has been trying to prepare for a few days?

5. For what does Robbie type a letter to Cecilia as an apology?

6. Why does Emily retreat to her bedroom each and every day?

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

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

9. What does Briony realize to be one of the strengths of writing for drama?

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

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