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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," where did Gamini meet Sarath's wife?

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

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

4. What illness did Sarath's brother have when Sarath first went to the family estate in Ekneligoda?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Gamini and his wife have very different opinions about his childhood. How does Gamini describe his childhood? How does his wife describe his childhood? How much of what they feel about his childhood is perception and how much is reality? Is either one of them able to see the truth of his childhood?

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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