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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many yards did the porch run along the front of the old governor's home?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 45.

2. How often would Philip Ondaatje travel to England?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Every three years.
(c) Every two years.
(d) Every other year.

3. What color were the cement floors where Michael used to live?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

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

5. How old was Philip Ondaatje when he retired?
(a) 48.
(b) 52.
(c) 40.
(d) 65.

6. When did Philip Ondaatje die?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1943.

7. What time did Mervyn's parents arrive at his apartment unannounced when they came to England to confront him?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) 11 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

8. What year did Natalia Asarrapa die?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1836.

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

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

11. In what region of Ceylon was Jaffna located?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Western.
(d) Southern.

12. How many poisons did William Charles Ondaatje discover in Ceylon?
(a) 27.
(b) 15.
(c) 55.
(d) 45.

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

14. In the poem "Sweet Like a Crow," stepping on what bird was compared to the sound of someone's voice?
(a) Grebe.
(b) Petrel.
(c) Booby.
(d) Peacock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was a church painted that Michael saw on Reclamation Street in Colombo?

2. How old did Michael believe his mother was when she met Mervyn?

3. How many ways were there to describe the smell of a durian fruit?

4. What type of car did Mervyn and Doris ride in with their friends to the place where they were to be married?

5. When was D. H. Lawrence in Ceylon?

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