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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," where did Gamini meet Sarath's wife?
(a) Wedding.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Fancy-dress party.
(d) Friend's house.

2. In "Ananda," how close are Sarath and Anil to Ratnapura before they are stopped by a roadblock?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. In "Between Heartbeats," how many families did a village clinic serve?
(a) 700.
(b) 345.
(c) 230.
(d) 190.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gamini was at the beach in "The Mouse," how old were the wounded that gunmen took him to to treat?

2. What was Gamini's nickname when he was younger?

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

4. In "Between Heartbeats," where does Sarath tell Anil that he was selected to go and study for a year?

5. In "Between Heartbeats," what was the only silent place in the base hospital that Gamini worked in during his last year in the northeast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "The Mouse," how long had Gamini and the other doctors he worked with in the northeast worked there and how long had they planned to work there?

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

4. In "The Mouse," what happened when Gamini fell asleep on the beach?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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