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

2. To how many hospitals did Lalla dedicate her body after her death?

3. What gear was the car in when the transmission broke?

4. What type of vehicle did Mervyn drive when he nearly killed the three older children and himself?

5. How old was Michael's mother when David Grenier died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Michael describe the only picture he had of his parents together?

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

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

4. 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?

5. What happened to the eggs that Willie Gratiaen imported from Australia?

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

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

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

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

10. Why couldn't Mervyn stand Lalla?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lalla and Rene de Saram were friends who were neighbors and became widows. Compare Lalla and Rene.

Essay Topic 2

Michael's siblings remembered the days before their parents divorced. Discuss the memories of Christopher, Janet, and Gillian and how those memories affected them.

Essay Topic 3

During April and May, Michael's family would move to Nuwara Eliya. Compare Nuwara Eliya and Colombo.

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