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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 old was Lalla when she received a small inheritance?
(a) 39.
(b) 68.
(c) 43.
(d) 56.

2. 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) 50 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 40 years.

3. How long had Mervyn and Doris been married when she took him clothes after he stripped, jumped off a train, and rushed into the Kadugannawa tunnel?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. What animal appeared out of the trees while Michael and his family were showering in the rain?
(a) Leopard.
(b) Sloth bear.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Black boar.

5. To how many hospitals did Lalla dedicate her body after her death?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the tunnel where Mervyn threatened to commit suicide?

2. How many bombs did Mervyn find on a train he hijacked?

3. What was the name of the officer in the Ceylon Light Infantry that Mervyn terrified when he was in his twenties?

4. How many deer did Michael and his family see on the other side of the lake when they were showering in the jungle rain?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Michael get a bath when he was five and attending a boarding school?

7. What did it take to build a road from Colombo to Kandy?

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

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

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

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