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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, What We Think of Married Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Doris leave for England?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1949.

2. On page 24, what time was it when Michael sat in the old governor's home in Jaffna?
(a) 1:15 p.m.
(b) 3:00 p.m.
(c) 2:15 p.m.
(d) 4:00 p.m.

3. Where did Mervyn and Doris marry?
(a) Colombo.
(b) Kandy.
(c) Kegalle.
(d) Trincomalee.

4. When did Mervyn's parents discover he had not passed the entrance exams for the university?
(a) 3 years later.
(b) 1 1/2 years later.
(c) 2 1/2 years later.
(d) 1 year later.

5. In the poem "Sweet Like a Crow," stepping on what bird was compared to the sound of someone's voice?
(a) Booby.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Grebe.
(d) Petrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the school nurse who was in charge of Michael and the other boys his age?

2. When did Lalla die?

3. During what months did Michael's grandparents move to Nuwara Eliya?

4. How long did it take Mervyn's parents and sister to get to England by ship?

5. On their way to the December races, where would the Gasanawa group go swimming?

(see the answer key)

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