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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far apart were the resthouses in Ceylon?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

2. 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) 38.
(c) 36.
(d) 41.

3. To how many hospitals did Lalla dedicate her body after her death?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

5. What profession did Lalla's brother Vere try to pursue?
(a) Auctioneer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Banker.
(d) Farmer.

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

7. What year was the car that was in Aunt Dolly's garden?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1925.

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

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

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

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

12. What was the name of Lalla's head milkman?
(a) McCay.
(b) Bevan.
(c) Daniels.
(d) Brumphy.

13. What costume did Doris wear to the Galle Face Dance?
(a) Caterpillar.
(b) Lobster.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was it to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?

2. When did Lalla die?

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

4. How much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?

5. How old was Michael's mother when David Grenier died?

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