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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a Dutch governor's daughter throw herself down a well?
(a) 1712.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1734.
(d) 1681.

2. When was governor's house built?
(a) 1743.
(b) Around 1700.
(c) Around 1600.
(d) 1694.

3. Who did Mervyn become engaged to after his parents arrived in England unannounced?
(a) Anna Archer.
(b) Kaye Roseleap.
(c) Catherine Billings.
(d) Martina Bryant.

4. What commission did Uncle Ned oversee while he was in Jaffna?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Food distribution.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Race-riots.

5. How old did Michael believe his mother was when she met Mervyn?
(a) 29.
(b) 22.
(c) 24.
(d) 27.

6. 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.

7. What did Francis de Saram hold in his hand as he died?
(a) Banana.
(b) Glass of alcohol.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bible.

8. How old was Michael when he left Ceylon?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

9. How old was Natalia Asarrapa when she married?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

10. At what university did Mervyn Ondaatje take entrance exams?
(a) Northumbria.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Exeter.

11. 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) Common Hill Myna.
(c) Crows and white cranes.
(d) Indian Peafowl.

12. In what book did Michael read these words: "she had been forced into prudence in her youth--she learned romance as she grew older. . ."?
(a) Emma.
(b) Persuasion.
(c) Love and Friendship.
(d) Sense & Sensibility.

13. How many pellets were found in Jessica Cantley's body?
(a) 47.
(b) 143.
(c) 113.
(d) 75.

14. When did Francis de Saram die?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1935.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the section titled "Tongue," what hotel on the beach did Michael and several of the children walk to?

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

4. How many poisons did William Charles Ondaatje discover in Ceylon?

5. How far could a thalagoya leap from a tree to the ground?

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