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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. Where did Doris and Mervyn go in Nuwara Eliya to try to repair their marriage?
(a) Oliphant.
(b) Grand Hotel.
(c) Ferncliff.
(d) Cranleigh.

2. On their way to the December races, where would the Gasanawa group go swimming?
(a) Galle.
(b) Negombo.
(c) Ambalangoda.
(d) Batticaloa.

3. What type of car did Mervyn and Doris ride in with their friends to the place where they were to be married?
(a) Saab.
(b) Audi.
(c) Fiat.
(d) VW.

4. In a dream Michael had on page 27, what shape was his body?
(a) Star.
(b) Square.
(c) Polygon.
(d) Rectangle.

5. What was the name of the officer in the Ceylon Light Infantry that Mervyn terrified when he was in his twenties?
(a) Thomas Kurukulasuriya.
(b) Peter Mihindukulasuriya.
(c) John Kotelawala.
(d) David Arasakulasuriya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What costume did Doris wear to the Galle Face Dance?

2. In the poem "Sweet Like a Crow," stepping on what bird was compared to the sound of someone's voice?

3. What type of birds did Michael hear and see on a tree outside the old governor's house?

4. When did Michael's ancestor first arrive in Ceylon?

5. What was Doris's favorite song in the 1920s?

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