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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 the English officer who was ordered to build a road from Colombo to Kandy when the road was finished?
(a) 41.
(b) 33.
(c) 38.
(d) 36.

2. When did Lalla die?
(a) November 1, 1948.
(b) August 15, 1947.
(c) April 12, 1945.
(d) March 18, 1946.

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

4. According to Aunt Dolly, where would wives meet their beaus?
(a) Spice Gardens.
(b) Royal Palace Park.
(c) Gordon Gardens.
(d) Cinnamon Gardens.

5. During the war, where did Lalla open up a boarding house?
(a) Colombo.
(b) Kegalle.
(c) Nuwara Eliya.
(d) Kandy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Lalla claim she was born?

3. 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?

4. Who was David Grenier's wife?

5. How much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lalla die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

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

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