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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's wife Chrishanti left the marriage, how long did he remain in their house?
(a) A week.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

2. From what type of tree can Anil break twigs to clean her teeth or burn to keep mosquitoes away?
(a) Kuru Kos.
(b) Sadikka.
(c) Moonoamal.
(d) Kohomba.

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

4. In "Ananda," what does Ananda try to use to kill himself?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Knife.
(c) Stick.
(d) Rope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mouse," when Gamini was at the beach and asked to care for wounded, what language did the gunmen speak?

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

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

4. What was Sarath's wife wearing when Gamini first met her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons did Leaf give for moving to New Mexico, and what was the real reason for the move?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Sareth work on in China?

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

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

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