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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lalla when she became a widow?
(a) Almost 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 32.
(d) Not yet 30.

2. What was Mervyn's favorite resthouse?
(a) Kegalle.
(b) Avissawella.
(c) Kitulgala.
(d) Kandy.

3. How many bombs did Mervyn find on a train he hijacked?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

4. As a teen, what song did Michael dance disgracefully to with girls?
(a) Harbour Lights.
(b) Sea of Heartbreak.
(c) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
(d) Sloop John B.

5. What was the name of the officer in the Ceylon Light Infantry that Mervyn terrified when he was in his twenties?
(a) Thomas Kurukulasuriya.
(b) Peter Mihindukulasuriya.
(c) John Kotelawala.
(d) David Arasakulasuriya.

6. During the war, where did Lalla open up a boarding house?
(a) Nuwara Eliya.
(b) Kandy.
(c) Colombo.
(d) Kegalle.

7. How many cows did Lalla and Rene have?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

8. 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?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 35 years.

9. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, how many dogs was he leading on ropes?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

10. Where did Doris run a small dance and theater school?
(a) Negombo.
(b) Galle.
(c) Kegalle.
(d) Colombo.

11. What was the name of the house where the Daniels lived?
(a) Palm Lodge.
(b) Royden.
(c) Ceylinco.
(d) Flower Lodge.

12. Where did Lalla claim she was born?
(a) During a dinner party.
(b) During a storm.
(c) During a picnic.
(d) On the beach.

13. How long did Michael say it would take for the tea estate to turn to jungle if it was left alone?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

14. What gear was the car in when the transmission broke?
(a) 1st.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 4th.
(d) 3rd.

15. How long had Mervyn and Doris been married when she took him clothes after he stripped, jumped off a train, and rushed into the Kadugannawa tunnel?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the English officer who was ordered to build a road from Colombo to Kandy when the road was finished?

2. What was the name of Lalla's head milkman?

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

4. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, what color were the dogs he was leading?

5. During the rainy season, how many hours a day would it rain at the tea estate?

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