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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the story, who is Joseph?
(a) Singer.
(b) Servant.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Chauffeur.

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

4. Who stumbles towards the narrator and the cashier as the two are engrossed in conversation?
(a) Drunk man.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Mutual friend.
(d) Distraught child.

5. What does the individual who approaches the cashier and narrator begin to do?
(a) Hammers at the window.
(b) Calls their names.
(c) Laughs out loud.
(d) Cries loudly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In response to the intrusion upon the conversation between him and the narrator, what does the cashier do?

3. Meticulous when it comes to creating lists, what does the narrator log after servicing his car?

4. At the start of the story, what does the narrator notice about the cashier?

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

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