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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 "Between Heartbeats," when Gamini was working in the north, what time would a rooster start crowing?

2. From what type of tree can Anil break twigs to clean her teeth or burn to keep mosquitoes away?

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

4. In "The Mouse," where did Gamini meet Sarath's wife?

5. In "Ananda," what does Anil think that Sailor did for work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Sareth work on in China?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Ananda reconstructs a statue at the end of the novel. What does the broken statue represent? What is symbolized when Ananda reconstructs the statue?

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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