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

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

3. In "The Mouse," in a memoir Gamini read about Dr. Peterson, how long ago did the doctor travel to hospital in the northeast?
(a) 53 years.
(b) 80 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 45 years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Asanga the Wise and his followers live in solitude at Arankale?

2. In the water tomb that Sareth worked on, what musical instrument was most common?

3. When Gamini first met Sarath's wife, how many times did he propose marriage to her?

4. In "Ananda," what does Anil remember that Gamini said about when Sri Lanka had halls for the sick?

5. In "The Mouse," when Gamini worked in the peripheral hospitals, how often would an anesthetist be available?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sareth's wife die?

3. What is the history of the place where Sarath, Anil, and Ananda say in Ekneligoda?

4. What did Gamini do shortly after his wife left their marriage?

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

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

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

8. In "Ananda," why does Ananda spend the first morning in the village?

9. In "The Mouse," how did Gamini work, and how did he feel about his work?

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

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