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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," at what hotel did Gamini stay when he was recovering from exhaustion?
(a) Pearl Inn.
(b) Hotel Coral Bay.
(c) Sea View Beach Hotel.
(d) Nilaveli Beach Hotel.

2. In "Between Heartbeats," what was Leaf dying from?
(a) Alzheimer's.
(b) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(c) Parkinson's.
(d) Fibromyalgia.

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

4. In "Ananda," how long did it take Sirissa to walk to the school?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 25 minutes.

5. In "The Mouse," how many years did Gamini worked up north in the peripheral hospitals?
(a) 1 year.
(b) More than 3 years.
(c) About 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Ananda's wife Sirissa disappear?

3. In "Between Heartbeats," when Gamini was working in the north, what time would a rooster start crowing?

4. At the forest monastery in Arankale, how many hours does Anil remember that a monk spent sweeping every morning to remove leaves from the path?

5. In "The Mouse," in a memoir Gamini read about Dr. Peterson, how long ago did the doctor travel to hospital in the northeast?

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

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

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

5. What happened to Ananda's wife, Sirissa?

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

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

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

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

10. In "Ananda," what does Anil discover about Sailor?

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