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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 "Ananda," how many murder charges have been made during the troubles?

2. In "Ananda," what does Anil remember that Tibetans believe monks become in the next life if they had not meditated properly?

3. In "Between Heartbeats," when did the massacre happen at a village while Gamini was performing heart surgery?

4. When Gamini was at the beach in "The Mouse," how old were the wounded that gunmen took him to to treat?

5. In "The Mouse," when Gamini worked in the peripheral hospitals, how often would an anesthetist be available?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sareth's wife die?

2. What is the history of the place where Sarath, Anil, and Ananda say in Ekneligoda?

3. In "The Mouse," how did Gamini work, and how did he feel about his work?

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

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

6. In "Between Heartbeats," where and how did Anil leave Cullis?

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

8. In "Between Heartbeats," how poor were people in the village where there was a massacre?

9. In "Ananda," after Arankale was deserted for 400 years, what was it like when humans returned?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anil and Sarath work tirelessly to determine Sailor’s identity. Why is it so important to learn who he was? Who could be implicated if his identity can be discovered? Why would finding his identity help him as one victim speak for the many other victims?

Essay Topic 2

The novel takes place during Sri Lanka’s civil war. What is revealed about the uselessness of war? What is the role of war in the novel? What does war symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Anil had an affair with a married man. How does the author describe the relationship between the two? Why was the relationship doomed from the beginning?

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