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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. What was the name of the last estate that Michael and his siblings lived on as children?
(a) Dambulla.
(b) Matara.
(c) Polonnaruwa.
(d) Kuttapitiya.

2. Why was Doris put in Spittel's Nursing Home?
(a) She had bronchitis.
(b) She had pneumonia.
(c) She had para-typhoid.
(d) She had malaria.

3. How long did it take Michael, Susan, and her husband to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

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

5. Where did Doris run a small dance and theater school?
(a) Galle.
(b) Kegalle.
(c) Colombo.
(d) Negombo.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the dog that the Ondaatjes had on the tea estate?

4. What did Willie first attempt to raise when he lived at Palm Lodge?

5. What was Mervyn's favorite resthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How did Lalla die?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Mervyn deter Lalla from ravaging the garden at Kuttapitiya?

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

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