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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many cows did Lalla and Rene have?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 35.

2. How tall was Michael's Aunt Dolly?
(a) 5 ft.
(b) 5 ft. 1 in.
(c) 4 ft. 10 in.
(d) 5 ft. 5 in.

3. What was Mervyn's rank in the Ceylon Light Infantry when Michael was born?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) Captain.

4. How far was the car from the house when it stalled?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 1/4 mile.

5. What was the name of the house where the Daniels lived?
(a) Palm Lodge.
(b) Royden.
(c) Flower Lodge.
(d) Ceylinco.

6. How old was Lalla when she became a widow?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) Not yet 30.
(d) Almost 25.

7. Where did lightning strike the house on the tea estate?
(a) The attic.
(b) Porch roof.
(c) A back bedroom.
(d) Near the fuse box.

8. What year was the car that was in Aunt Dolly's garden?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1935.

9. How long had Mervyn and Doris been married when she took him clothes after he stripped, jumped off a train, and rushed into the Kadugannawa tunnel?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

10. How long were Mervyn and Doris married before they divorced?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 12 years.

11. How long was the tunnel where Mervyn threatened to commit suicide?
(a) 3/4 mile.
(b) 1/4 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 1/3 mile.

12. How old was Lalla when she received a small inheritance?
(a) 43.
(b) 56.
(c) 68.
(d) 39.

13. Where was the first place that Doris lived when she moved to England?
(a) North Finchley.
(b) Leverstock Green.
(c) Lancaster Gate.
(d) Potters Crouch.

14. When was Mervyn banned from the Ceylon Railways?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1944.

15. 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) 50 years.
(b) 35 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Doris work after her divorce from Mervyn?

2. How much cooler was it at the tea estate than it was in Colombo?

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

4. What was the name of the school nurse who was in charge of Michael and the other boys his age?

5. What noise would awaken Michael at 3 a.m. when he was in the jungle?

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