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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. Where did lightning strike the house on the tea estate?
(a) A back bedroom.
(b) Porch roof.
(c) The attic.
(d) Near the fuse box.

2. What flowers did Michael remember seeing on the last estate where he lived with his siblings?
(a) Schefflera.
(b) Impatiens.
(c) Oleander.
(d) Orchids.

3. What gear was the car in when the transmission broke?
(a) 1st.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 4th.
(d) 3rd.

4. Near where did David Grenier drown?
(a) Batticaloa.
(b) Kelaniya.
(c) Negombo.
(d) Jaffna.

5. What was Mervyn's rank in the Ceylon Light Infantry when Michael was born?
(a) Captain.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) Sergeant.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. When was Mervyn banned from the Ceylon Railways?

4. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, what color were the dogs he was leading?

5. What was Susan's husband's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why couldn't Mervyn stand Lalla?

6. How did Lalla die?

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

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

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

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

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