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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, What We Think of Married Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color were the walls in the old governor's home when the Dutch first built the house?
(a) Cream.
(b) Egg white.
(c) Sky blue.
(d) Yellow.

2. What color were the walls in the old governor's home in Jaffna?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Rose-red.
(d) Sunshine yellow.

3. What color dress did the Dutch governor's daughter wear when she appeared as a ghost?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. Where was the first place that Doris lived when she moved to England?
(a) Lancaster Gate.
(b) Potters Crouch.
(c) Leverstock Green.
(d) North Finchley.

5. Who did Mervyn become engaged to while his parents thought he was a student?
(a) A Cambridge student.
(b) French heiress.
(c) Russian countess.
(d) A Duke's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mervyn and Doris marry?

2. When did Lalla die?

3. According to Aunt Dolly, where would wives meet their beaus?

4. At the time that Michael traveled to Ceylon, how old was his Aunt Dolly?

5. How many poisons did William Charles Ondaatje discover in Ceylon?

(see the answer key)

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