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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Doris put in Spittel's Nursing Home?
(a) She had bronchitis.
(b) She had para-typhoid.
(c) She had malaria.
(d) She had pneumonia.

3. What was Susan's husband's name?
(a) Sunil.
(b) John.
(c) Kunar.
(d) V.C.

4. What game did Michael play with Susan and her husband during a thunderstorm on the tea estate?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Poker.

5. What flowers did Michael remember seeing on the last estate where he lived with his siblings?
(a) Schefflera.
(b) Oleander.
(c) Impatiens.
(d) Orchids.

6. How much did Michael's Aunt Dolly weigh?
(a) 105 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 95 pounds.
(d) 70 pounds.

7. What disease did one of Rene's cows catch?
(a) Rinderpest fever.
(b) Mad cow disease.
(c) Milk fever.
(d) Anthrax.

8. How long did it take Michael, Susan, and her husband to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

9. How much cooler was it at the tea estate than it was in Colombo?
(a) 25 degrees.
(b) 15 degrees.
(c) 20 degrees.
(d) 30 degrees.

10. How old was the English officer who was ordered to build a road from Colombo to Kandy when the road was finished?
(a) 33.
(b) 41.
(c) 38.
(d) 36.

11. At the time that Michael traveled to Ceylon, how old was his Aunt Dolly?
(a) 85.
(b) 80.
(c) 75.
(d) 90.

12. What was the name of the last estate that Michael and his siblings lived on as children?
(a) Matara.
(b) Kuttapitiya.
(c) Dambulla.
(d) Polonnaruwa.

13. How far was it from Galle to Colombo?
(a) 70 miles.
(b) 75 miles.
(c) 65 miles.
(d) 80 miles.

14. 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) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the school located that Michael first attended as a child?

2. Where did Doris run a small dance and theater school?

3. What was Mervyn's rank in the Ceylon Light Infantry when Michael was born?

4. How long did Michael say it would take for the tea estate to turn to jungle if it was left alone?

5. What year was the car that was in Aunt Dolly's garden?

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