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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 color earrings does the woman wear who helped Gamini with the heart surgery?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

3. When Gamini first met Sarath's wife, how many times did he propose marriage to her?
(a) Once.
(b) 3 times.
(c) Twice.
(d) None.

4. In "Between Heartbeats," where was the base hospital that Gamini worked in during his last year in the northeast?
(a) Polonnaruwa.
(b) Palugasdamana.
(c) Jayanthipura.
(d) Kaduruwella.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ananda," after Sarath takes Ananda for medical treatment, what does a foreman come to the estate to do?

2. In "Ananda," what does Anil remember that Tibetans believe monks become in the next life if they had not meditated properly?

3. In 1989, how many students attending school in Ratnapura district disappeared?

4. In "Ananda," what does Ananda try to use to kill himself?

5. In "Between Heartbeats," how many people were massacred in a village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Sareth work on in China?

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

8. In "Between Heartbeats," where and how did Anil leave Cullis?

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

10. How did Sareth's wife die?

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