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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cows did Lalla and Rene have?

2. What type of animal droppings surrounded the house on stilts in the jungle, where Michael and his family stayed?

3. What costume did Doris wear to the Galle Face Dance?

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

5. How long was the tunnel where Mervyn threatened to commit suicide?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Lalla do when Shelton de Saram broke their engagement?

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

4. How did Mervyn deter Lalla from ravaging the garden at Kuttapitiya?

5. How did Michael get a bath when he was five and attending a boarding school?

6. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

7. Michael recorded sounds of the night in the jungle when he was in Ceylon. What did he hear when he played the tape back in Canada?

8. Why did Lalla come to Kuttapitiya when Michael and his family lived there?

9. Why did it take so long to drive from Colombo to the tea estate?

10. What did it take to build a road from Colombo to Kandy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michael was given insight into his thought process by a friend. Discuss how Michael's thought process worked.

Essay Topic 2

Mervyn struggled with dipsomania. Discuss dipsomania and how it affected Mervyn and his family.

Essay Topic 3

Michael said that in Ceylon all classes of people gambled. Discuss the role of gambling in Ceylon.

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