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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 "The Mouse," who did Gamini refuse to be photographed with?

2. In "Ananda," what time did Sirissa always reach the bridge?

3. In "The Mouse," after treating wounded at the beach, what did Gamini notice was missing from his hotel room when he returned?

4. How long did Sarath stay at Wickramsinghe when he was 13 and his brother was sick?

5. In "The Mouse," how many years did Gamini worked up north in the peripheral hospitals?

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. What did Sareth work on in China?

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

4. What reasons did Leaf give for moving to New Mexico, and what was the real reason for the move?

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

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

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. What happened to Ananda's wife, Sirissa?

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

10. How did Sareth's wife die?

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

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?

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