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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What commission did Uncle Ned oversee while he was in Jaffna?
(a) Food distribution.
(b) Transportation.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Race-riots.

2. How many ways were there to describe the smell of a durian fruit?
(a) 8.
(b) 18.
(c) 4.
(d) 15.

3. How many yards did the porch run along the front of the old governor's home?
(a) 45.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

4. How many brothers did Simon Ondaatje have?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. When did Francis de Saram die?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. On their way to the December races, where would the Gasanawa group go swimming?

2. When did Michael's ancestor first arrive in Ceylon?

3. In Michael's dream that caused him to return to Ceylon, what would he see his father surrounded by?

4. In a dream Michael had on page 27, what shape was his body?

5. How far could a thalagoya leap from a tree to the ground?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would people do after the races were over for the day?

2. When did Michael's parents' generation grow up?

3. In the introduction to Chapter 1, what nightmare did Michael experience?

4. Why was it difficult for Mervyn's father to argue with Mervyn?

5. What could Michael see and hear in his friend's house when he awoke from a dream?

6. What did Lalla look like when she was at the racetrack?

7. What happened at Philip Ondaatje's funeral?

8. Describe how a visitor would approach the old governor's house.

9. What transpired when Simon Ondaatje and his brothers would gather on Sunday mornings?

10. Why did a Dutch governor's daughter appear as a ghost?

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