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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 1989, how many students attending school in Ratnapura district disappeared?

2. In "The Mouse," at what hotel did Gamini stay when he was recovering from exhaustion?

3. In "Between Heartbeats," where did Anil meet Leaf after Leaf had gone away?

4. In "The Mouse," where did Gamini spend most of his time?

5. In "Between Heartbeats," where was the base hospital that Gamini worked in during his last year in the northeast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of cases did Gamini see when he worked at the base hospital at Polonnaruwa during his last year in the northeast?

2. In "Ananda," how do Anil and Ananda interact when Sareth is gone?

3. In "Ananda," why does Ananda spend the first morning in the village?

4. What did Sareth work on in China?

5. When Gamini was a boy, what did he think about a career?

6. In "Between Heartbeats," what did Anil say about movies in Sri Lankan movie theaters?

7. In "The Mouse," what happened when Gamini fell asleep on the beach?

8. What surgery was Gamini working on in "Between Heartbeats," when victims of a massacre were brought to the hospital?

9. In "The Mouse," how long had Gamini and the other doctors he worked with in the northeast worked there and how long had they planned to work there?

10. At the end of "Ananda," what are Anil's plans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The novel takes place in Sri Lanka during a civil war. In what way does the setting almost take on the role of a character? How does the setting evoke feelings in readers and set the tone in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the novel is Anil’s Ghost. What does the title represent? What were the ghost or ghosts in Anil’s life and why?

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