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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was D. H. Lawrence in Ceylon?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1912.

2. What dance was perfected on a rock at Gasanawa?
(a) Tango.
(b) Fox Trot.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Lindy Hop.

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

4. What type of flower did Lalla wear on her dress when she went to the races?
(a) Guelder Rose.
(b) Jacaranda.
(c) Buttercup.
(d) Violet.

5. How long after dawn would the garden be a blaze of heat, frantic with noise and butterflies?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

6. What was Doris's favorite song in the 1920s?
(a) Dream Just Dreams.
(b) A Fine Romance.
(c) After All.
(d) Moonlight Bay.

7. How old was the fort, where the old governor's home was located?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 250 years.
(d) 200 years.

8. How long was Robert Knox held captive by a Kandyan king?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

9. How old was Michael when he left Ceylon?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

10. What was the occupation of the first of Michael's ancestors to arrive in Ceylon?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Sea captain.
(d) Doctor.

11. What game did the insurgents play with Michael's younger sister Susan when they came to Rock Hill?
(a) Badminton.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Horseshoes.

12. When did Francis de Saram die?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1926.

13. In the poem "Sweet Like a Crow," stepping on what bird was compared to the sound of someone's voice?
(a) Petrel.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Grebe.
(d) Booby.

14. During what month would Doris and Lalla spend their time at the races?
(a) March.
(b) August.
(c) January.
(d) November.

15. In what book did Michael read these words: "she had been forced into prudence in her youth--she learned romance as she grew older. . ."?
(a) Persuasion.
(b) Emma.
(c) Love and Friendship.
(d) Sense & Sensibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Natalia Asarrapa when she married?

2. When did Mervyn's parents discover he had not passed the entrance exams for the university?

3. What did Francis de Saram hold in his hand as he died?

4. Who did Mervyn become engaged to after his parents arrived in England unannounced?

5. What color were the walls in the old governor's home when the Dutch first built the house?

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