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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 much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?
(a) 30,000 rupees.
(b) 40,000 rupees.
(c) 20,000 rupees.
(d) 50,000 rupees.

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

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

4. What noise would awaken Michael at 3 a.m. when he was in the jungle?
(a) Junglefowl.
(b) Malkohas.
(c) Owls.
(d) Peacocks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the war, where did Lalla open up a boarding house?

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

3. What was Mervyn's favorite resthouse?

4. How long did Michael say it would take for the tea estate to turn to jungle if it was left alone?

5. How far was the car from the house when it stalled?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Mervyn was in his twenties, why did he stop a train ten miles out of Colombo?

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

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

7. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

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

9. 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?

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

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