Atonement Trivia Quiz

Answer: 13

Briony Tallis lives with her sister Cecilia, her mother Emily and her father, Jack.

Answer: Pierrot

The twins are identical except from the piece of flesh missing from Pierrot's ear lobe on account of the dog he had tormented when he was three.

Answer: She tries on two dresses

She starts in a black crepe de Chine dress then changes into a moire silk dress before settling on the dark green bias-cut backless evening gown.

Answer: An envelope

It is because Briony foolishly opens and reads the letter before giving it to Cecilia. It contains an explicit word starting with 'c'.

Answer: Yes

It doesn't get performed when intended at the start of the book but at the end, young relatives of Briony's perform it for her 77th birthday.

Answer: Robbie

Robbie walks up the driveway with one twin on his shoulders and another holding his hand, right before he is convicted of sexually assaulting Lola.

Answer: He is the one that raped Lola when she was 15

Briony witnessed the raping and told the police it was Robbie Turner because she thought she saw him 'attacking' Cecilia in the library earlier that day. Paul Marshall was actually responsible and later in her life Briony admitted to lying to the police.

Answer: Robbie

Ironically, Briony had a huge crush on Robbie. Later she accused him of a crime he didn't commit.

Answer: A nurse

Much to the surprise of her family, Briony became a nurse, training at the same hospital Cecilia trained at.

Answer: No

While the story seems to give Robbie and Cecilia the happy ending they deserve, Briony reveals at the end that this was not the couple's true fate; sadly, both Robbie and Cecilia died in the war. Writing a book in which Robbie and Cecilia *did* get their happy ending, and an opportunity to rebuke her for her lie, was Briony's atonement (and hence the novel's title).