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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 does Anil remember made Cullis fall in love with her?
(a) Her laugh.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her work.

2. In "The Mouse," where did Gamini spend most of his time?
(a) Indoors.
(b) At Sarath's.
(c) At home.
(d) Outdoors.

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

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

5. In 1989, how many students attending school in Ratnapura district disappeared?
(a) 39.
(b) 51.
(c) 28.
(d) 46.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mouse," when Gamini was a boy, what time of day would he take his father a drink in his office?

2. At the end of "The Mouse," how long had Gamini and other doctors planned on working in the northeast?

3. From what type of tree can Anil break twigs to clean her teeth or burn to keep mosquitoes away?

4. How old is the house in Wickramasinghe where Sarath and Anil stay in "Ananada"?

5. In "Ananda," how close are Sarath and Anil to Ratnapura before they are stopped by a roadblock?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Sareth work on in China?

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

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

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

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

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