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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. When was Mervyn banned from the Ceylon Railways?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

2. What type of pet was in the room of the friend's house where Michael awoke from a dream?
(a) Cat
(b) Hamster.
(c) Dog.
(d) Fish.

3. What type of birds did Michael hear and see on a tree outside the old governor's house?
(a) Black-hooded orioles and junglefowls.
(b) Crows and white cranes.
(c) Common Hill Myna.
(d) Indian Peafowl.

4. When did Michael's Aunt Dolly begin smoking?
(a) 20 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 25 years old.
(d) 18 years old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers did Michael remember seeing on the last estate where he lived with his siblings?

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

3. What time of day did Archer like to go cycling?

4. When Michael went back to Ceylon and the tea estate, how many years had it been since his mother had been to the tea estate?

5. What type of flower did Lalla wear on her dress when she went to the races?

(see the answer key)

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