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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take Michael, Susan, and her husband to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

2. How many bombs did Mervyn find on a train he hijacked?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

3. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, how many dogs was he leading on ropes?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. How long had Mervyn and Doris been married when she took him clothes after he stripped, jumped off a train, and rushed into the Kadugannawa tunnel?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. How much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?
(a) 30,000 rupees.
(b) 50,000 rupees.
(c) 40,000 rupees.
(d) 20,000 rupees.

6. As a teen, what song did Michael dance disgracefully to with girls?
(a) Sloop John B.
(b) Harbour Lights.
(c) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
(d) Sea of Heartbreak.

7. In the middle of the 19th century, how old was the English officer who was ordered to organize the building of a road from Colombo to Kandy?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 20.

8. What type of vehicle did Mervyn drive when he nearly killed the three older children and himself?
(a) Volvo.
(b) Ford.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Chevy.

9. During the war, where did Lalla open up a boarding house?
(a) Colombo.
(b) Nuwara Eliya.
(c) Kegalle.
(d) Kandy.

10. What was the name of the officer in the Ceylon Light Infantry that Mervyn terrified when he was in his twenties?
(a) Thomas Kurukulasuriya.
(b) Peter Mihindukulasuriya.
(c) John Kotelawala.
(d) David Arasakulasuriya.

11. When did Michael's Aunt Dolly begin smoking?
(a) 25 years old.
(b) 20 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 18 years old.

12. What animal appeared out of the trees while Michael and his family were showering in the rain?
(a) Black boar.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Sloth bear.
(d) Leopard.

13. During the rainy season, how many hours a day would it rain at the tea estate?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

14. What was the name of the house where the Daniels lived?
(a) Ceylinco.
(b) Flower Lodge.
(c) Palm Lodge.
(d) Royden.

15. How old was Lalla when she became a widow?
(a) 32.
(b) Not yet 30.
(c) 27.
(d) Almost 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did lightning strike the house on the tea estate?

3. Where did Lalla claim she was born?

4. What type of bushes were outside the dining room doors at the tea estate?

5. What was Susan's husband's name?

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