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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. 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?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

2. At the beginning of the section "The Passions of Lalla," where did Michael say his grandmother died?
(a) On a boat.
(b) In her bed.
(c) At a jacaranda tree.
(d) In an automobile accident.

3. What year was the car that was in Aunt Dolly's garden?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1925.

4. How far was the car from the house when it stalled?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1/4 mile.
(d) 1 mile.

5. Where was the school located that Michael first attended as a child?
(a) Kegalle.
(b) Colombo.
(c) Yala.
(d) Jaffna.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of a dowry did the woman have that Lalla tried to get her brother to marry?

2. How old was Lalla when she received a small inheritance?

3. What was the name of the house where the Daniels lived?

4. What animal appeared out of the trees while Michael and his family were showering in the rain?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

4. Why couldn't Mervyn stand Lalla?

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

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

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

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

9. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

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