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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 was Michael listening to on his last morning in Ceylon?
(a) Brahms.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Rachmaninoff.

2. In the middle of the 19th century, how old was the English officer who was ordered to organize the building of a road from Colombo to Kandy?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

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

4. How old was Michael's mother when David Grenier died?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

5. How old was Michael when he realized he had slipped past a childhood he had ignored and not understood?
(a) Mid 30s.
(b) 34.
(c) Mid 20s.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had it been since Michael had been in Ceylon?

2. During the war, where did Lalla open up a boarding house?

3. To how many hospitals did Lalla dedicate her body after her death?

4. How many cows did Lalla and Rene have?

5. In 1947, after leaving Colombo, who did Mervyn give a ride?

(see the answer key)

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