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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. When Gamini was at the beach in "The Mouse," how old were the wounded that gunmen took him to to treat?
(a) 20s and 30s.
(b) Mid-30s.
(c) Mid-20s.
(d) 16, 17, and younger.

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

3. In "Ananda," what does Anil remember that Gamini said about when Sri Lanka had halls for the sick?
(a) 4 centuries before Christ.
(b) 3 centuries after Christ.
(c) 1 century before Christ.
(d) 2 centuries after Christ.

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

5. What was Sarath's wife wearing when Gamini first met her?
(a) Navy dress and jacket.
(b) Pantsuit.
(c) Wedding dress.
(d) Tuxedo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Between Heartbeats," how far away was a massacre in a village while Gamini was performing heart surgery?

2. In "Between Heartbeats," how long was the heart surgery that Gamini and Fonseka did on a young boy?

3. In "Ananda," how many days a week is Sarath gone to Colombo?

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

5. In "Between Heartbeats," when Anil would watch television outside with Leaf, what would she bring to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sareth's wife die?

2. In "Ananda," after Arankale was deserted for 400 years, what was it like when humans returned?

3. What type of cases did Gamini see when he worked at the base hospital at Polonnaruwa during his last year in the northeast?

4. What did Sareth work on in China?

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

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

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

8. In "Ananda," how do Anil and Ananda interact when Sareth is gone?

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

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

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