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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 the name of Palipana's brother who seemed more congenial than Palipana?

2. In The Grove of Ascetics, where does Anil say that the pollen on Sailor might have come from?

3. In "A Brother," where did Anil study forensic sciences to human rights?

4. In "A Brother," during the first two years of the war, how many casualties were brought in as a result of explosions?

5. When did Palipana enter the field of archaeology?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of The Grove of Ascetics, who does Palipana say they need to rebuild Sailor's head?

2. When Anil examines a body with forensic students at the Kynsey Road Hospital, what does she discover?

3. What is the place like where Sarath and Anil find Palipana in the Grove of Ascetics?

4. What happened to the monks who used to live in the Grove of Ascetics, and what reaction was there to what happened to them?

5. What does Sarath remember about being Palipana's student in The Grove of the Ascetics?

6. In The Grove of Ascetics, how does Anil determine the age of a skeleton?

7. What does Sarath tell Anil about the situation in Sri Lanka when they first meet?

8. Where are Anil and Sarath to work while she is in Sri Lanka?

9. In "A Brother," what did Anil notice about men and women when she went abroad to study medicine?

10. What story was told about Linus Corea, and who was he?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the novel is Anil’s Ghost. What does the title represent? What were the ghost or ghosts in Anil’s life and why?

Essay Topic 2

Ananda reconstructs a statue at the end of the novel. What does the broken statue represent? What is symbolized when Ananda reconstructs the statue?

Essay Topic 3

There were specialists who worked in the hospitals in the north, but they had to adapt and work in many areas outside their specialties. Why did specialists have to work in areas outside their specialities? What were scarce in the base hospitals? How did the doctors have to learn to adapt to the conditions and supplies at hand? Why was it important to be adaptable when working in base hospitals?

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