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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Don't Talk to Me about Matisse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section titled "Tongue," what hotel on the beach did Michael and several of the children walk to?
(a) Pegasus Reef Hotel.
(b) Casa Colombo Hotel.
(c) Galle Face Hotel.
(d) Bentota Beach Hotel.

2. In what region of Ceylon was Jaffna located?
(a) Eastern.
(b) Northern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Western.

3. How far could a thalagoya leap from a tree to the ground?
(a) 40 ft.
(b) 20 ft.
(c) 5 ft.
(d) 10 ft.

4. What commission did Uncle Ned oversee while he was in Jaffna?
(a) Race-riots.
(b) Food distribution.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Transportation.

5. In 1971, what was the average age of the insurgents?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mervyn and Doris marry?

2. When was Reverend Jurgen Ondaatje the translator and chaplain in Colombo?

3. Where did Francis de Saram work?

4. How old was the fort, where the old governor's home was located?

5. How old was Michael when he realized he had slipped past a childhood he had ignored and not understood?

(see the answer key)

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