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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 Doris and Mervyn go in Nuwara Eliya to try to repair their marriage?
(a) Grand Hotel.
(b) Cranleigh.
(c) Ferncliff.
(d) Oliphant.

2. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, how many dogs was he leading on ropes?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lalla's head milkman?

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

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

4. What was the name of the last estate that Michael and his siblings lived on as children?

5. What costume did Doris wear to the Galle Face Dance?

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

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

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

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

6. Why couldn't Mervyn stand Lalla?

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

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

9. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

10. 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?

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