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

2. In "Between Heartbeats," what was the only silent place in the base hospital that Gamini worked in during his last year in the northeast?

3. In "Between Heartbeats," how old were the twins who were shot twice?

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

5. In "Between Heartbeats," what did Gamini give an infant that could not keep anything down?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gamini and his wife view his childhood?

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

3. In "Ananda," how does Anil remember that some of her teachers were able to discover in a skeleton what the person's profession was?

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

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

6. In "Between Heartbeats," how did Anil and Leaf meet and what did they like to do together?

7. 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?

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

9. In "Ananda," what happens when Sarath, Anil, and Ananda are stopped at a roadblock?

10. What happened to Ananda's wife, Sirissa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Gamini and his colleagues went north to work in the hospitals in the north for three-month stints. However, they all ended up staying longer than planned. What were the conditions like for Gamini and his colleagues when they worked in the north? How did their physical skills empower them? How difficult was their work? What lessons did they learn through the hardships?

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