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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. When was D. H. Lawrence in Ceylon?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1919.

2. How old did Michael believe his mother was when she met Mervyn?
(a) 24.
(b) 27.
(c) 22.
(d) 29.

3. How long after dawn would the garden be a blaze of heat, frantic with noise and butterflies?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

4. What did men roll across the city?
(a) Food carts.
(b) Ice.
(c) Logs.
(d) Bicycles.

5. What did Michael have to eat for lunch when he was at the old governor's home?
(a) Fried Rice.
(b) Egg plant curry.
(c) Jambalaya.
(d) Crab curry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of flower did Lalla wear on her dress when she went to the races?

3. On page 79, where was the house located that Michael was sitting in?

4. When was governor's house built?

5. What color was a church painted that Michael saw on Reclamation Street in Colombo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Michael eat the curry he had for lunch at the old governor's home?

2. What did Michael dream on page 27?

3. Describe the thalagoya.

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

5. Describe the kabaragoya Michael and the children found dead on the beach.

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

7. What were the occupations of Simon Ondaatje and his brothers?

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

9. Describe the tombstone Michael and his family discovered in a church in Colombo.

10. Under what condition, did a friend tell Michael that he seemed to know exactly what he wanted?

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