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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 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) 35 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 30 years.

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

3. How much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?
(a) 20,000 rupees.
(b) 40,000 rupees.
(c) 50,000 rupees.
(d) 30,000 rupees.

4. Who was David Grenier's wife?
(a) Dickie.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Phyllis.
(d) Susan.

5. What type of bushes were outside the dining room doors at the tea estate?
(a) Rhododendren.
(b) Tea.
(c) Lilac.
(d) Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mervyn's favorite resthouse?

2. Near where did David Grenier drown?

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

4. 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?

5. How many feet did Michael and his companions climb in thirty miles when they drove to the tea estate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mervyn nearly kill his three older children?

2. Why did it take so long to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?

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

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

5. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

6. Why was Mervyn banned from the Ceylon Railroads after 1943?

7. What did Lalla do when Shelton de Saram broke their engagement?

8. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

10. What did a fortune-teller predict when Doris left Ceylon in 1949?

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