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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of the story, what does the narrator notice about the cashier?
(a) The cashier resembles him.
(b) The cashier looks frightened.
(c) The cashier looks drunk.
(d) The cashier is asleep.

2. When the narrator and cashier meet, what is happening in Sri Lanka?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Floods.
(c) Invasion.
(d) War.

3. Alone in the house, Triton falls asleep. When he is awakened by a sound, what does he think it is?
(a) A robber.
(b) Mr. Salgado returning.
(c) Wind knocking a window open.
(d) Stray cat.

4. Who is Lucy-amma?
(a) The old cook-woman.
(b) The neighborhood matchmaker.
(c) The local school teacher.
(d) The young girl next door.

5. After recording information about his car, what does the narrator do?
(a) Waxes his car.
(b) Closes his cans of paint.
(c) Goes to pay for the gasoline.
(d) Takes his old battery in for recycling.

Short Answer Questions

1. The region of Sri Lanka that the cashier comes from is once what?

2. What languages does the cashier say he speaks?

3. The haberdasher who stops by Mr. Salgado's house on Thursdays is one of the what who stops by regularly?

4. What does Triton say when Mr. Salgado asks him if he has any schooling?

5. As Triton waits to meet Mr. Salgado, he:

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