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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. Who says to Cecilia that they want to be in Briony's play and that is why they are upset?
(a) Pierrot
(b) Jackson
(c) Briony
(d) Lola

2. Who is the woman that strikes fear into the hearts of all the probationary nurses and staff?
(a) Sister Melanie Disdon
(b) Sister Margorie Stutthold
(c) Sister Marjorie Drummond
(d) Sister Mary Ann Desmond

3. On whose cheek does Robbie notice a scratch when they are all sitting down to dinner?
(a) Briony
(b) Leon
(c) Cecilia
(d) Marshall

4. Who is the character that startles Briony as she is trying to write another story for her brother?
(a) Leon
(b) Lola
(c) Cecilia
(d) Ronnie

5. What does Emily watch as she looks at her unused harpsichord?
(a) The wedding picture
(b) A shooting star
(c) The children
(d) Two moths

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is glaring at Robbie as the dinner meal is beginning?

2. The first line of Briony's story used to be: "there was an/a __________ who _________."

3. How many stragglers have reached a bombed out house in order to figure out a shortcut to the sea in the beginning of this chapter?

4. Who do the twins blame for having to be in the house of the Tallis family?

5. How many years did Robbie spend in jail for his crimes, according to the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Briony escape Cecelia's questioning?

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

3. What is hanging high up in a tree above the three stragglers from the retreating British army?

4. What is Lola's response to the letter that Robbie has written for Cecilia, as told to her by Briony?

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

6. Why is Betty furious with Emily?

7. What does Robbie have to say about the letter that he wrote to Cecilia?

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

9. Who are the three stragglers that are moving toward a bombed out house as they attempt to find a shortcut to the sea?

10. Why do the probationers live in constant fear of Sister Marjorie Drummond?

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