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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. When did Ananda's wife Sirissa disappear?

2. In "The Mouse," in a memoir Gamini read about Dr. Peterson, how long ago did the doctor travel to hospital in the northeast?

3. After Sarath takes Ananda for medical treatment in Ratnapura in Ananda, what time does Anil hear the sounds of the foreman coming on the property?

4. When Gamini was at the beach in "The Mouse," how old were the wounded that gunmen took him to to treat?

5. In "The Mouse," how many times a day did Gamini shower after his wife left?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sareth work on in China?

2. What did Gamini do shortly after his wife left their marriage?

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

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

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

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

7. In "Between Heartbeats," where and how did Anil leave Cullis?

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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