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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long was the tunnel where Mervyn threatened to commit suicide?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 1/4 mile.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/3 mile.

3. Where was the school located that Michael first attended as a child?
(a) Kegalle.
(b) Jaffna.
(c) Yala.
(d) Colombo.

4. Where did Doris work after her divorce from Mervyn?
(a) Galadari Hotel.
(b) Grand Oriental Hotel.
(c) Ceylon Continental.
(d) Palm Village Hotel.

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

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

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

8. What did Willie first attempt to raise when he lived at Palm Lodge?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Cows.
(d) Goats.

9. What was the name of the school nurse who was in charge of Michael and the other boys his age?
(a) Shani.
(b) Ishara.
(c) Maratina.
(d) Tania.

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

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

12. 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) 35 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 40 years.

13. How old was Michael's mother when David Grenier died?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

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

15. Where was the first place that Doris lived when she moved to England?
(a) Lancaster Gate.
(b) Leverstock Green.
(c) North Finchley.
(d) Potters Crouch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What costume did Doris wear to the Galle Face Dance?

2. According to Aunt Dolly, where would wives meet their beaus?

3. 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?

4. What type of animal droppings surrounded the house on stilts in the jungle, where Michael and his family stayed?

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

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