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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of animal droppings surrounded the house on stilts in the jungle, where Michael and his family stayed?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Boar.
(c) Deer.
(d) Elephant.

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

3. How many deer did Michael and his family see on the other side of the lake when they were showering in the jungle rain?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

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

5. Near where did David Grenier drown?
(a) Batticaloa.
(b) Kelaniya.
(c) Jaffna.
(d) Negombo.

6. 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.

7. 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) 18.
(d) 20.

8. How tall was Michael's Aunt Dolly?
(a) 5 ft. 5 in.
(b) 5 ft. 1 in.
(c) 4 ft. 10 in.
(d) 5 ft.

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

10. What was Mervyn's rank in the Ceylon Light Infantry when Michael was born?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Captain.
(c) Major.
(d) Sergeant.

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

12. At the beginning of the section "The Passions of Lalla," where did Michael say his grandmother died?
(a) On a boat.
(b) In an automobile accident.
(c) At a jacaranda tree.
(d) In her bed.

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

14. What noise would awaken Michael at 3 a.m. when he was in the jungle?
(a) Peacocks.
(b) Malkohas.
(c) Junglefowl.
(d) Owls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why was Doris put in Spittel's Nursing Home?

4. What was the name of the officer in the Ceylon Light Infantry that Mervyn terrified when he was in his twenties?

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

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