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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 far was the car from the house when it stalled?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 1/4 mile.

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

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

4. How far did Michael say one could drive in Ceylon and be in a different landscape?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

5. Where did Lalla claim she was born?
(a) On the beach.
(b) During a dinner party.
(c) During a picnic.
(d) During a storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a teen, what song did Michael dance disgracefully to with girls?

2. How far was it to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?

3. How long did it take Michael, Susan, and her husband to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?

4. According to Aunt Dolly, where would wives meet their beaus?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

7. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

9. How did Lalla's father throw caution to the wind when he married a Dickman?

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

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