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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Between Heartbeats.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age was Palipana when he finished studying languages and text?
(a) 41.
(b) 40.
(c) 38.
(d) 39.

2. What was the name of Palipana's brother who seemed more congenial than Palipana?
(a) Chaminda.
(b) Ravith.
(c) Narada.
(d) Anishka.

3. In the water tomb that Sareth remembers finding, how many bodies of females musicians were in the tomb?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

4. When did Asanga the Wise and his followers live in solitude at Arankale?
(a) 13th century.
(b) 11th century.
(c) 10th century.
(d) 12th century.

5. In "Sarath," what languages is a sign printed in that starts "Let conversations cease" (66)?
(a) Sinhala, English, and German.
(b) Latin, Sinhala, and English.
(c) Sinhala, French, and English.
(d) Sinhala, English and Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Brother," where did women sleep when their children were in the hospital?

2. In "The Mouse," in a memoir Gamini read about Dr. Peterson, how long ago did the doctor travel to hospital in the northeast?

3. What age was Dr. Linus Corea when he had his first birthday in captivity?

4. In "Between Heartbeats," when Gamini was working in the north, what time would a rooster start crowing?

5. In "Between Heartbeats," how far away was a massacre in a village while Gamini was performing heart surgery?

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