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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Ananda," after Sarath takes Ananda for medical treatment, what does a foreman come to the estate to do?
(a) Pick tea.
(b) Collect bamboo.
(c) Collect pineapples.
(d) Weight tea.

2. In "Ananda," how many days a week is Sarath gone to Colombo?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

6. In "Between Heartbeats," where did Gamini meet Chrishanti?
(a) Fancy-dress party.
(b) College.
(c) His parents' house.
(d) Hospital.

7. In "The Mouse," if Gamini went outside to sit on a bench, when would he ask an intern to wake him?
(a) In 30 minutes.
(b) After an hour.
(c) In 45 minutes.
(d) In two hours.

8. In "The Mouse," when Gamini was a boy, what time of day would he take his father a drink in his office?
(a) After dinner.
(b) 5 p.m.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) Noon.

9. In "Ananda," how many murder charges have been made during the troubles?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 11.
(d) None.

10. 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) Moratuwa.
(b) Kammala.
(c) Seeduwa.
(d) Negombo.

11. What illness did Sarath's brother have when Sarath first went to the family estate in Ekneligoda?
(a) Ebola.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Malaria.

12. In "The Mouse," how long after Gamini's wife left him did he collapse from exhaustion?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 11 months.

13. How old was Lakdasa in "Between Heartbeats"?
(a) 28.
(b) 33.
(c) 41.
(d) 37.

14. In "The Mouse," after treating wounded at the beach, what did Gamini notice was missing from his hotel room when he returned?
(a) Sheets.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Alarm clock.
(d) Watch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Between Heartbeats," where does Anil remember leaving Cullis?

2. Where did Gamini go for his final years of school?

3. In "The Mouse," how many times a day did Gamini shower after his wife left?

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

5. In "Ananda," how long has it been since Sarath was last at Wickramasinghe?

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