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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Sarath's brother have when Sarath first went to the family estate in Ekneligoda?

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

3. In "Between Heartbeats," what does Anil remember made Cullis fall in love with her?

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

5. How old was Lakdasa in "Between Heartbeats"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Ananda," what does Anil discover about Sailor?

2. What surgery was Gamini working on in "Between Heartbeats," when victims of a massacre were brought to the hospital?

3. In "Between Heartbeats," how did Anil and Leaf meet and what did they like to do together?

4. How did Gamini and his wife view his childhood?

5. In "Between Heartbeats," what did Anil say about movies in Sri Lankan movie theaters?

6. When Gamini was a boy, what did he think about a career?

7. In "Ananda," what happens when Sarath, Anil, and Ananda are stopped at a roadblock?

8. At the end of "Ananda," what are Anil's plans?

9. In "Ananda," how does Anil remember that some of her teachers were able to discover in a skeleton what the person's profession was?

10. In "Between Heartbeats," how poor were people in the village where there was a massacre?

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