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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the gas station cashier on the job?
(a) Ten days.
(b) One month.
(c) It's the end of his first week.
(d) It's his first night.

2. Once inside the office, what does the narrator ask the cashier?
(a) Where he lives.
(b) Why he leaves his wife behind.
(c) How long he's been in England.
(d) Who helps him escape from Sri Lanka.

3. When Triton gets up to investigate the source of the sound in the house, he finds Joseph in Mr. Salgado's room. What is the man doing there?
(a) Rubbing cologne on his chest.
(b) Stealing money.
(c) Trying out Mr. Salgado's clothes.
(d) Reading Mr. Salgado's diary.

4. When Joseph leaves and Triton is left alone in the house, how does the boy feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) At peace.
(c) Terribly frightened.
(d) Trapped.

5. What do Triton, Mr. Salgado, and others in the neighborhood hear coming from house number eight?
(a) Loud music.
(b) Beautiful singing.
(c) Terrible howl.
(d) Piercing screams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Triton and Joseph left alone at Mr. Salgado's house?

2. The cashier tells the narrator that he, too, has a:

3. After taking care of his car, what does the narrator do at the start of the story?

4. The cashier experiences technical difficulties with what?

5. As the narrator begins to speak about his former life in Sri Lanka, he talks about a ______.

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