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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 1970s, where did academics have international conferences?

2. In "A Brother," where did women sleep when their children were in the hospital?

3. In "Sarath," when Anil examines bodies with forensic students, where does she believe that the second victim fell from?

4. When Anil examines bodies with forensic students in "Sarath," how old is the first victim?

5. In "Sarath," where does Anil's friend Leaf live who sends her a postcard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the Grove of Ascetics, how is Palipana described?

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

7. Why is Anil sent to Sri Lanka?

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

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

10. What story was told about Linus Corea, and who was he?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Palipana makes a comment on page 99 that there is no existence without eyes. Why does Palipana use a story about eye painting to make his point about the relationship between eyes and existence? What does Palipana communicate about blindness through the comment that he makes?

Essay Topic 2

Anil and Sarath take Ananda and make their work place at a remote walawwa. Why is it necessary for them to work in such a remote place? How does the place represent safety for them, and why is safety so important?

Essay Topic 3

Sarath belives that truth is “a flame against a sleeping lake of petrol” (136). What does Sarath mean by that phrase? What truth are Anil and Sarath trying to find? When they find the truth, why would it be like tossing a flame in a lake of petrol?

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