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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I Kolla.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cashier's immigration status?
(a) Refugee.
(b) Illegal immigrant.
(c) Naturalized citizen.
(d) Dual citizen.

2. What does Triton say when Mr. Salgado asks him if he has any schooling?
(a) He's been to school, knows how to read and write, and speaks some English.
(b) He's been to school at the temple and is familiar with religious teachings.
(c) He has some schooling but he does not like the teachers.
(d) He has no time for school because he's had to help raise his siblings.

3. What compensation does Joseph get, and what warning does he get, at the end of "Kolla"?
(a) He receives severance pay and is warned to never come back.
(b) He is given a farewell party and told never to go near Triton again.
(c) He receives a shirt and is warned to stay sober from now on.
(d) He is given a cake and is told to leave Lucy-amma alone.

4. After escaping from Joseph, where does Triton go to wait?
(a) By the gate.
(b) At the courthouse.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the living room.

5. Why does the cashier turn off the outside lights?
(a) So he can take a ten-minute smoking break.
(b) To keep customers away while the problem is being resolved.
(c) To close early and go home to his family.
(d) So the monthly electric bill won't be as high.

Short Answer Questions

1. What languages does the cashier say he speaks?

2. What does the word "kolla" mean in Sinhala?

3. Among the many new tasks Mr. Salgado gives Joseph in preparation for his absence due to a trip, the most significant is ___.

4. Why does the cashier want the narrator to use his phone?

5. In what language does the narrator try to speak to the cashier?

(see the answer key)

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