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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. How far did Michael say one could drive in Ceylon and be in a different landscape?

2. Where did Lalla claim she was born?

3. At the beginning of the section "The Passions of Lalla," where did Michael say his grandmother died?

4. How far was it to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?

5. How long were Mervyn and Doris married before they divorced?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Mervyn deter Lalla from ravaging the garden at Kuttapitiya?

7. Where did Doris work after the divorce?

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

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

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

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

Discuss Michael's purpose for writing "Running in the Family" and whether he achieved his purpose.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Michael decided to visit Ceylon.

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