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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 was Mervyn's rank in the Ceylon Light Infantry when Michael was born?

2. Where was the first place that Doris lived when she moved to England?

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

4. How much cooler was it at the tea estate than it was in Colombo?

5. How far was it from Galle to Colombo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

2. What did it take to build a road from Colombo to Kandy?

3. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

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

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

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

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

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

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. What did Doris do when she was leaving Mervyn and he threw the car key into the tea bushes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mervyn was drinking, Doris believed that getting him to stop drinking required total war. Discuss how Doris waged war against Mervyn's drinking.

Essay Topic 2

Michael said that wildlife stormed and crept into homes. Discuss how wildlife crept into homes and how they affected the occupants of those homes.

Essay Topic 3

Michael indicated that resthouses were an old tradition in Ceylon. Discuss resthouses and the dispute concerning resthouses.

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