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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. How tall were the doorways of the old governor's home?
(a) 7 ft.
(b) 6 ft.
(c) 14. ft.
(d) 20 ft.
2. How long had it been since Michael had been in Ceylon?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 15 years.
3. How far could a thalagoya leap from a tree to the ground?
(a) 40 ft.
(b) 20 ft.
(c) 10 ft.
(d) 5 ft.
4. What color was a church painted that Michael saw on Reclamation Street in Colombo?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.
5. How old did Michael believe his mother was when she met Mervyn?
(a) 29.
(b) 24.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was the poem "Women Like You" written?
2. As he awaited his approaching marriage, how long after Mervyn had returned to Ceylon did he announce another engagement?
3. Where did Francis de Saram work?
4. When did a Dutch governor's daughter throw herself down a well?
5. When did Philip Ondaatje die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Mervyn like when his dipsomania would recur?
2. Describe the tombstone Michael and his family discovered in a church in Colombo.
3. When did Michael's parents' generation grow up?
4. What happened at Philip Ondaatje's funeral?
5. Why was Noel Gratiaen sent down from Oxford after his first year?
6. Why did a Dutch governor's daughter appear as a ghost?
7. Under what condition, did a friend tell Michael that he seemed to know exactly what he wanted?
8. What did Mervyn do instead of attending college in England?
9. What myth was told about thalagoya?
10. How did Michael feel when he awoke from a friend's house near Lake Ontario?
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