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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Ceylon Cactus and Succulent Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, what color were the dogs he was leading?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

3. During what month would Doris and Lalla spend their time at the races?
(a) August.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) November.

4. When he was a child, where could Michael go to visit the Peiris family?
(a) Polgasowita.
(b) Boralesgamuwa.
(c) Nugegoda.
(d) Kahatuduwa.

5. How much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?
(a) 50,000 rupees.
(b) 20,000 rupees.
(c) 40,000 rupees.
(d) 30,000 rupees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much cooler was it at the tea estate than it was in Colombo?

2. Why was Doris put in Spittel's Nursing Home?

3. Where was the first place that Doris lived when she moved to England?

4. Who was David Grenier's wife?

5. As he awaited his approaching marriage, how long after Mervyn had returned to Ceylon did he announce another engagement?

(see the answer key)

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