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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Between Heartbeats," what was Leaf dying from?
(a) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(b) Alzheimer's.
(c) Fibromyalgia.
(d) Parkinson's.

2. In The Grove of Ascetics, where does Anil say that the pollen on Sailor might have come from?
(a) Kalmunai.
(b) Trincomalee.
(c) Matara and Galle.
(d) Kegalle and Ratnapura.

3. When was the linguistic subtext that Palipana claimed to have been translated, but that seemed to be a fiction, supposed to have been written?
(a) 9th century.
(b) 6th century.
(c) 5th century.
(d) 11th century.

4. During the reign of Udaya the Third, how were monks killed who fled the court to escape the king?
(a) Heads cut off.
(b) Hung.
(c) Stabbed.
(d) Burned.

5. In "The Grove of Ascetics," how old does Anil think that Sailor was when he died?
(a) 31.
(b) 42.
(c) 54.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Grove of Ascetics," how long are the shifts that gem-pit workers labor?

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

3. From what type of tree can Anil break twigs to clean her teeth or burn to keep mosquitoes away?

4. In "The Mouse," where did Sarath's wife work?

5. In "A Brother," what time of day do Sarath and Anil arrive at the center of Colombo?

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