View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport did Anil and other forensic anthropologists like to play when she worked in the United States?
(a) Volleyball.
(b) Racquetball.
(c) Bowling.
(d) Tennis.

2. In "A Brother," what size grenade could destroy most of a person's feet?
(a) Size of a tea cup.
(b) Size of a book.
(c) Size of a tennis ball.
(d) Size of an inkwell.

3. In Sarath, what sport did Anil excel in as a teenager?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Track.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Soccer.

4. In "Sarath," where does Anil's friend Leaf live who sends her a postcard?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Britain.

5. Where did Palipana find the remaining structures of a monastery?
(a) 15 miles from Badulla.
(b) 5 miles from Puttulam.
(c) 9 miles from Kandy.
(d) 20 miles from Anuradhapura.

6. In "A Brother," how many pounds would a new artificial foot cost in Europe?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 2,000.

7. 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) 11th century.
(b) 5th century.
(c) 6th century.
(d) 9th century.

8. In "A Brother," where did women sleep when their children were in the hospital?
(a) On their child's bed.
(b) In a chair.
(c) On the floor.
(d) On stools.

9. In "Sarath," how is a man killed on a train?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is suffocated and thrown out a window.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is choked with a chain and thrown out a window.

10. In "A Brother," what does Sarath owe the hospital because his brother worked on the truck driver and removed the nails from his hands?
(a) Betalima.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Iodine.
(d) 2 needles.

11. In "The Grove of Ascetics," who does Palipana say that the girl is who is with him?
(a) His brother's daughter.
(b) His sister's daughter.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His granddaughter.

12. Who does Anil read about when she is sick in "Sarath"?
(a) Lincoln and Roosevelt.
(b) Gandhi and Frank Sinatra.
(c) Madame Curry and Mother Teresa.
(d) Einstein and Edison.

13. What colored sarongs do the men wear who are rolling cigarettes at the end of "The Grove of Ascetics"?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue-green.
(d) Reddish-orange.

14. In the 1970s, where did academics have international conferences?
(a) Delhi, Colombo, and Hong Kong.
(b) Calcutta, Beijing, and Badulla.
(c) Boston, Singapore, and Malaysia.
(d) Paris, Madrid, and Tokyo.

15. In "Sarath," how long has it been since Anil has been to Sri Lanka?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Grove of Ascetics," what is the name of the girl who helps Palipana?

2. What are the dimensions of the Stone Book at Polonnaruwa?

3. After how much time do doctors no longer need to use the reference books that were available in base hospital?

4. In "A Brother," where did Anil study forensic sciences to human rights?

5. In "A Brother," when were the buildings that made up the hospital erected?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 487 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample