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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 rainy season, how many hours a day would it rain at the tea estate?

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

3. What type of animal droppings surrounded the house on stilts in the jungle, where Michael and his family stayed?

4. What did Willie first attempt to raise when he lived at Palm Lodge?

5. Where did lightning strike the house on the tea estate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

4. What did Rene de Saram do when one of her cows caught Rinderpest fever?

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

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

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

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

9. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michael said that in Ceylon all classes of people gambled. Discuss the role of gambling in Ceylon.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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