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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. At the end of "A Brother," how does Sarath remember that a prisoner was transported?
(a) Bus.
(b) Car.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Ox cart.

2. What are the dimensions of the Stone Book at Polonnaruwa?
(a) 4 feet high and 30 feet long.
(b) 8 feet high and 20 feet long.
(c) 4 feet high and 10 feet long.
(d) 8 feet high and 15 feet long.

3. Where did Palipana find the remaining structures of a monastery?
(a) 15 miles from Badulla.
(b) 5 miles from Puttulam.
(c) 20 miles from Anuradhapura.
(d) 9 miles from Kandy.

4. What sport did Anil and other forensic anthropologists like to play when she worked in the United States?
(a) Racquetball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Bowling.
(d) Volleyball.

5. In "The Grove of Ascetics," how long are the shifts that gem-pit workers labor?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Grove of Ascetics," by what time has Ananda Udugama and his companions walked a mile and come down into the fields?

2. What was the occupation of Sarath's father?

3. In "A Brother," what was Colombo doctor, Linus Corea's, specialty?

4. When did a Japanese archaeologist discover the Bodhisattvas?

5. In Sarath, what sport did Anil excel in as a teenager?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "A Brother," what did Anil find different about English classrooms?

2. In "A Brother," what does Gamini tell Sarath and Anil about their investigation?

3. When Anil arrives in Sri Lanka, how does the dawn arrive like thunder?

4. Who is Chitra, and why does Anil contact her in Sarath?

5. Where are Anil and Sarath to work while she is in Sri Lanka?

6. What does Sarath tell Anil about the situation in Sri Lanka when they first meet?

7. What happened to the monks who used to live in the Grove of Ascetics, and what reaction was there to what happened to them?

8. What does Sarath remember about being Palipana's student in The Grove of the Ascetics?

9. In "A Brother," when and how did Gamini handle triage?

10. At the end of The Grove of Ascetics, who does Palipana say they need to rebuild Sailor's head?

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