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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 dog that the Ondaatjes had on the tea estate?
(a) Bandit.
(b) Chindit.
(c) Spot.
(d) Blackie.

2. Where did Doris hold her breath and faint so that Mervyn would have to stop drinking?
(a) Ambepussa resthouse.
(b) Dambulla resthouse.
(c) Tissamaharama resthouse.
(d) Kitulgala resthouse.

3. How far was it from Galle to Colombo?
(a) 75 miles.
(b) 70 miles.
(c) 80 miles.
(d) 65 miles.

4. 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?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 35 years.

5. To how many hospitals did Lalla dedicate her body after her death?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the tunnel where Mervyn threatened to commit suicide?

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

3. How far did Michael say one could drive in Ceylon and be in a different landscape?

4. What profession did Lalla's brother Vere try to pursue?

5. What poets did Doris enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

2. How did Lalla die?

3. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why couldn't Mervyn stand Lalla?

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

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