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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Between Heartbeats.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years was Sarath a student of Palipana?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

3. In "Between Heartbeats," what did Gamini give an infant that could not keep anything down?
(a) Murunga.
(b) Mango.
(c) Pomegranate.
(d) Pineapple.

4. When did Asanga the Wise and his followers live in solitude at Arankale?
(a) 13th century.
(b) 11th century.
(c) 10th century.
(d) 12th century.

5. In "Between Heartbeats," how far away was a massacre in a village while Gamini was performing heart surgery?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 23 miles.
(d) 17 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Between Heartbeats," when did the massacre happen at a village while Gamini was performing heart surgery?

2. How many years did Palipana study the graffiti at Sigiriya?

3. In "Ananda," after Sarath takes Ananda for medical treatment, what does a foreman come to the estate to do?

4. In "Between Heartbeats," what was the only silent place in the base hospital that Gamini worked in during his last year in the northeast?

5. In "The Grove of Ascetics," when was the graffiti at Sigiriya thought to have been inscribed?

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