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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 many deer did Michael and his family see on the other side of the lake when they were showering in the jungle rain?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

2. How many bombs did Mervyn find on a train he hijacked?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

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

4. What game did Michael play with Susan and her husband during a thunderstorm on the tea estate?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Poker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the house where the Daniels lived?

2. What profession did Lalla's brother Vere try to pursue?

3. Who was David Grenier's wife?

4. When was Mervyn banned from the Ceylon Railways?

5. When did Lalla die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Mervyn deter Lalla from ravaging the garden at Kuttapitiya?

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

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

6. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

7. What did Doris do when she was leaving Mervyn and he threw the car key into the tea bushes?

8. Michael recorded sounds of the night in the jungle when he was in Ceylon. What did he hear when he played the tape back in Canada?

9. What did Rene de Saram do when one of her cows caught Rinderpest fever?

10. How did Michael describe the only picture he had of his parents together?

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