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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 did Palipana enter the field of archaeology?

2. In "A Brother," when were the buildings that made up the hospital erected?

3. In "A Brother," when did the victims of "intentional violence" (118) begin appearing at the hospital?

4. In Sarath, what sport did Anil excel in as a teenager?

5. In "Sarath," when was a mass grave found in Naipattimunai?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happened to the monks who used to live in the Grove of Ascetics, and what reaction was there to what happened to them?

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

9. In the Introduction, why is a woman sitting in a grave in Guatemala?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Ananda drinks a lot when he is not working. Why does Ananda drink so much? Why does he attempt suicide? What torments Ananda and why can he not find peace?

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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