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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Grove of Ascetics," what date does Anil give to the cache of bones where Sailor was found?

2. Where did Palipana find the remaining structures of a monastery?

3. When did a Japanese archaeologist discover the Bodhisattvas?

4. In the Introduction, where are Anil and her team?

5. In "The Grove of Ascetics," how old does Anil think that Sailor was when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Grove of the Ascetics, what is Ananda's job and what are the working conditions like?

2. What does Sarath tell Anil about the situation in Sri Lanka when they first meet?

3. In "A Brother," what was the man like that Anil married briefly?

4. Who was a mentor to Sarath as an adult and what happened to him?

5. Where are Anil and Sarath to work while she is in Sri Lanka?

6. When Anil examines a body with forensic students at the Kynsey Road Hospital, what does she discover?

7. What does Sarath tell Anil he would like to write a book about someday?

8. In "A Brother," what does Gamini tell Sarath and Anil about their investigation?

9. In "A Brother," what did Anil find different about English classrooms?

10. In "A Brother," what happened at Ward Place Hospital when insurgents came to the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anil and Sarath work tirelessly to determine Sailor’s identity. Why is it so important to learn who he was? Who could be implicated if his identity can be discovered? Why would finding his identity help him as one victim speak for the many other victims?

Essay Topic 2

There were specialists who worked in the hospitals in the north, but they had to adapt and work in many areas outside their specialties. Why did specialists have to work in areas outside their specialities? What were scarce in the base hospitals? How did the doctors have to learn to adapt to the conditions and supplies at hand? Why was it important to be adaptable when working in base hospitals?

Essay Topic 3

Palipana settles in the Grove of Ascetics, a place that was once home to ascetics. What type of lifestyle is lived by ascetics? What type of lifestyle is Palipana living when Anil meets him? Why does Palipana chose that place and that lifestyle at the end of his life?

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