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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Natalia Asarrapa die?

2. How many pellets were found in Jessica Cantley's body?

3. How many brothers did Simon Ondaatje have?

4. How many poisons did William Charles Ondaatje discover in Ceylon?

5. When the Gasanawa group went to the December races, what would they order on their way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how a visitor would approach the old governor's house.

2. What did Michael see in a dream when he was staying at a friend's house near Lake Ontario?

3. Why did Mervyn take a short trip to Ireland when the university closed down?

4. What could Michael see and hear in his friend's house when he awoke from a dream?

5. Why did a Dutch governor's daughter appear as a ghost?

6. What did Mervyn do instead of attending college in England?

7. Why was Noel Gratiaen sent down from Oxford after his first year?

8. What were the occupations of Simon Ondaatje and his brothers?

9. In the introduction to Chapter 1, what nightmare did Michael experience?

10. Under what condition, did a friend tell Michael that he seemed to know exactly what he wanted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michael and the children came upon a dead kabaragoya on the beach. Compare the kabaragoya and the thalagoya.

Essay Topic 2

Michael told how snakes littered the family home at Rock Hill. Discuss snakes and their behavior in Ceylon and Rock Hill.

Essay Topic 3

Michael referred to Lalla as an eccentric. Discuss eccentricity and why Lala was considered to be eccentric.

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