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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. At the time that Michael traveled to Ceylon, how old was his Aunt Dolly?

2. What gear was the car in when the transmission broke?

3. Near where did David Grenier drown?

4. What was the name of the house where the Daniels lived?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was Michael's Aunt Dolly like?

4. How did Michael describe the only picture he had of his parents together?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During April and May, Michael's family would move to Nuwara Eliya. Compare Nuwara Eliya and Colombo.

Essay Topic 2

Lalla and Rene de Saram were friends who were neighbors and became widows. Compare Lalla and Rene.

Essay Topic 3

Michael described Kuttapitiya, the last estate where he and his siblings lived as children. Discuss Kuttapitiya and the Ondaatje's life there.

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