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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal appeared out of the trees while Michael and his family were showering in the rain?
(a) Leopard.
(b) Sloth bear.
(c) Black boar.
(d) Elephant.

2. What was the name of Lalla's head milkman?
(a) McCay.
(b) Daniels.
(c) Bevan.
(d) Brumphy.

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

4. To how many hospitals did Lalla dedicate her body after her death?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. As a teen, what song did Michael dance disgracefully to with girls?
(a) Sea of Heartbreak.
(b) Harbour Lights.
(c) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
(d) Sloop John B.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the English officer who was ordered to build a road from Colombo to Kandy when the road was finished?

2. How far apart were the resthouses in Ceylon?

3. 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?

4. How far was it from Galle to Colombo?

5. How long were Mervyn and Doris married before they divorced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Doris do when she was leaving Mervyn and he threw the car key into the tea bushes?

2. How did Mervyn nearly kill his three older children?

3. Why was Mervyn banned from the Ceylon Railroads after 1943?

4. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

5. What was Michael's mother doing when David Grenier drowned?

6. What did Doris coach the three older children to do when Mervyn lapsed into one of his alcoholic states?

7. When Mervyn was in his twenties, why did he stop a train ten miles out of Colombo?

8. What happened to the eggs that Willie Gratiaen imported from Australia?

9. What did a fortune-teller predict when Doris left Ceylon in 1949?

10. Why was it thought that Rene de Saram's husband was the victim of someone's charm?

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