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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," what does Anil remember made Cullis fall in love with her?

2. When did Asanga the Wise and his followers live in solitude at Arankale?

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

4. In "Between Heartbeats," where does Sarath tell Anil that he was selected to go and study for a year?

5. In the water tomb that Sareth worked on, what musical instrument was most common?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In "Ananda," what does Anil discover about Sailor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The next to the last chapter in the novel is called "The Life Wheel." What is a life wheel? In what way are the lives of characters connected through a life wheel? What does the life wheel represent?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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