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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," at what time of day does Palipana say that eyes of the Buddha had to be painted?

2. In "A Brother," where did Anil study forensic sciences to human rights?

3. In "A Brother," during the first two years of the war, how many casualties were brought in as a result of explosions?

4. In "A Brother," where does Sarath think that Sailor was first buried?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Grove of Ascetics, how does Anil determine the age of a skeleton?

2. How had Palipana entered the field of archaeology?

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

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

5. At the end of The Grove of Ascetics, who does Palipana say they need to rebuild Sailor's head?

6. What is Lakma's story?

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

8. What does Sarath remember about being Palipana's student in The Grove of the Ascetics?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The next to the last chapter in the novel is called "The Life Wheel." What is a life wheel? In what way are the lives of characters connected through a life wheel? What does the life wheel represent?

Essay Topic 3

For Gamini, Emergency Services becomes a cocoon for him after his wife leaves him. How does Emergency Services become Gamini’s cocoon? Why does he need a cocoon as a refuge?

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