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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many centuries after Asanga the Wise lived at Arankale did monks return and live there again?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. In "The Mouse," where did Sarath's wife work?
(a) University.
(b) Law office.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) Radio station.

3. 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.

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?
(a) Blood bank.
(b) Morgue.
(c) Rheumatology.
(d) Orthopedics.

5. In "The Mouse," how many times a day did Gamini shower after his wife left?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

6. Where did Gamini go for his final years of school?
(a) Wayamba University.
(b) Royal Institute.
(c) Eastern University.
(d) Trinity College.

7. What was Gamini's nickname when he was younger?
(a) The puppy.
(b) The midget.
(c) The mouse.
(d) The parrot.

8. How long did Sarath stay at Wickramsinghe when he was 13 and his brother was sick?
(a) 9 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

9. In "Between Heartbeats," what was the date of the water tomb that Sareth worked on?
(a) 5th century B.C.
(b) 945 A.D.
(c) 1100 A.D.
(d) 3rd century B.C.

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

11. In "Ananda," what does Sarath say is the only thing that is state-of-the-art in Sri Lanka?
(a) Schools.
(b) Roads.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Hospitals.

12. From what type of tree can Anil break twigs to clean her teeth or burn to keep mosquitoes away?
(a) Moonoamal.
(b) Kuru Kos.
(c) Kohomba.
(d) Sadikka.

13. In "The Mouse," how many years did Gamini worked up north in the peripheral hospitals?
(a) 4 years.
(b) About 2 years.
(c) More than 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

15. How old is the house in Wickramasinghe where Sarath and Anil stay in "Ananada"?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Ananda," what type of mine does Sarath believe that Sailor might have worked?

2. In "Ananda," how long did it take Sirissa to walk to the school?

3. In 1989, how many students attending school in Ratnapura district disappeared?

4. At the end of "The Mouse," how long had Gamini and other doctors planned on working in the northeast?

5. In "Ananda," when Anil finds Ananada drunk and drags him into the house, what does she play on her Walkman?

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