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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. Where did Lalla claim she was born?

2. What would wake Michael and his siblings on the last estate where they lived as children?

3. As a teen, what song did Michael dance disgracefully to with girls?

4. How far was it from Galle to Colombo?

5. How many cows did Lalla and Rene have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Mervyn nearly kill his three older children?

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

7. How did Lalla die?

8. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mervyn's and Doris's courtship.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Michael decided to visit Ceylon.

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