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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Between Heartbeats," when Gamini was working in the north, what time would a rooster start crowing?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 3 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

3. In "Between Heartbeats," where does Anil remember leaving Cullis?
(a) Mi Laguna.
(b) Coachella.
(c) Stallion Oaks.
(d) Borrego Springs.

4. In "Ananda," what time did Sirissa always reach the bridge?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 5:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

5. In "The Mouse," where did Gamini spend most of his time?
(a) Outdoors.
(b) At home.
(c) Indoors.
(d) At Sarath's.

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

7. In "Ananda," as Anil examines Sailor's skeleton, how long before his death does Anil think his left leg had been broken badly?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) About 3 years.
(d) About 2 years.

8. In "Ananda," what does Anil remember that Tibetans believe monks become in the next life if they had not meditated properly?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Squirrels.

9. In "Between Heartbeats," when did the massacre happen at a village while Gamini was performing heart surgery?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

10. In "Between Heartbeats," where was the base hospital that Gamini worked in during his last year in the northeast?
(a) Jayanthipura.
(b) Kaduruwella.
(c) Polonnaruwa.
(d) Palugasdamana.

11. In "Ananda," when Anil finds Ananada drunk and drags him into the house, what does she play on her Walkman?
(a) Jump.
(b) Joyride.
(c) Dig, Dig, Dig.
(d) Black Cat.

12. In "Between Heartbeats," how long was the heart surgery that Gamini and Fonseka did on a young boy?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 9 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 7 hours.

13. In "The Mouse," what doctor carried a body out of a hospital when lights failed, put the body on a bench, and aimed car lights onto the patient?
(a) Orujov.
(b) Spittel.
(c) Hajiev.
(d) Sargsyan.

14. In "The Mouse," where did Gamini ask a driver to wake him after he had to take a leave from the hospital because of exhaustion?
(a) Seeduwa.
(b) Kammala.
(c) Negombo.
(d) Moratuwa.

15. In "Between Heartbeats," how many people were massacred in a village?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the house in Wickramasinghe where Sarath and Anil stay in "Ananada"?

2. In "The Mouse," how long after Gamini's wife left him did he collapse from exhaustion?

3. In "The Mouse," what did Gamini do when he was staying at his aunt's house in Boralesgamuwa?

4. In "Ananda," what does Ananda try to use to kill himself?

5. In "Ananda," what does Anil think that Sailor did for work?

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