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

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

3. How long did it take Michael, Susan, and her husband to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 6 hours.

4. How long were Mervyn and Doris married before they divorced?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 17 years.

5. What was Susan's husband's name?
(a) Sunil.
(b) John.
(c) Kunar.
(d) V.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal appeared out of the trees while Michael and his family were showering in the rain?

2. What game did Michael play with Susan and her husband during a thunderstorm on the tea estate?

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. Where did Doris hold her breath and faint so that Mervyn would have to stop drinking?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lalla die?

2. What happened to the eggs that Willie Gratiaen imported from Australia?

3. Why couldn't Mervyn stand Lalla?

4. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

5. What was Michael's mother doing when David Grenier drowned?

6. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

7. Why was it thought that Rene de Saram's husband was the victim of someone's charm?

8. What did Doris love about Mervyn, even after the divorce?

9. Why did Lalla come to Kuttapitiya when Michael and his family lived there?

10. What did Doris coach the three older children to do when Mervyn lapsed into one of his alcoholic states?

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