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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. When Anil visits Lalitha in "Sarath," where does her grandmother say that she works?

2. How many books were always available for reference in base hospitals in the North Central Province?

3. In "The Grove of Ascetics," on their way back to Colombo, what do Sarath and Anil see in the road?

4. How many years did Palipana study the graffiti at Sigiriya?

5. In "The Grove of Ascetics," how long are the shifts that gem-pit workers labor?

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. At the end of "A Brother," what images did Sarath and Palipana once see in a cave?

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

5. In "A Brother," what did Anil notice about men and women when she went abroad to study medicine?

6. When Anil arrives in Sri Lanka, how does the dawn arrive like thunder?

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

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

9. Who is Chitra, and why does Anil contact her in Sarath?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gamini and his wife have very different opinions about his childhood. How does Gamini describe his childhood? How does his wife describe his childhood? How much of what they feel about his childhood is perception and how much is reality? Is either one of them able to see the truth of his childhood?

Essay Topic 2

Anil was very lonely when she first went to England. Why was Anil lonely? How did she try to assuage her loneliness? How did her loneliness lead to a bad decision?

Essay Topic 3

Gamini and his colleagues went north to work in the hospitals in the north for three-month stints. However, they all ended up staying longer than planned. What were the conditions like for Gamini and his colleagues when they worked in the north? How did their physical skills empower them? How difficult was their work? What lessons did they learn through the hardships?

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