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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, What We Think of Married Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Michael say it would take for the tea estate to turn to jungle if it was left alone?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. When Michael went back to Ceylon and the tea estate, how many years had it been since his mother had been to the tea estate?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 50 years.

3. When did Mervyn's parents discover he had not passed the entrance exams for the university?
(a) 1 1/2 years later.
(b) 3 years later.
(c) 2 1/2 years later.
(d) 1 year later.

4. What costume did Doris wear to the Galle Face Dance?
(a) Lobster.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Caterpillar.

5. How deep was the section of Kandy lake where Francis de Saram attempted to drown himself?
(a) 12 inches.
(b) 4 feet.
(c) 6 inches.
(d) 2 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Michael play with Susan and her husband during a thunderstorm on the tea estate?

2. Where did Doris hold her breath and faint so that Mervyn would have to stop drinking?

3. Where did Lalla claim she was born?

4. In one of the stories about Mervyn's train escapade, how many dogs was he leading on ropes?

5. Why was Doris put in Spittel's Nursing Home?

(see the answer key)

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