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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," how many families did a village clinic serve?

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 "Between Heartbeats," what color earrings does the woman wear who helped Gamini with the heart surgery?

4. When Gamini first met Sarath's wife, how many times did he propose marriage to her?

5. How many centuries after Asanga the Wise lived at Arankale did monks return and live there again?

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. What happened to Ananda's wife, Sirissa?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Palipana makes a comment on page 99 that there is no existence without eyes. Why does Palipana use a story about eye painting to make his point about the relationship between eyes and existence? What does Palipana communicate about blindness through the comment that he makes?

Essay Topic 2

For Gamini, Emergency Services becomes a cocoon for him after his wife leaves him. How does Emergency Services become Gamini’s cocoon? Why does he need a cocoon as a refuge?

Essay Topic 3

Palipana's career ended when the runes for a translation he created could not be found. Why could Palipana not be proved right or wrong? Is there a difference between being wrong and not being able prove that someone is right? How does that relate to Palipana's situation at the end of his career?

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