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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meticulous when it comes to creating lists, what does the narrator log after servicing his car?
(a) Month, day, year, and length of car wash.
(b) Date, time, and battery model number.
(c) Date, time, and paint batch number.
(d) Mileage, date, and gasoline volume.

2. As the narrator begins to speak about his former life in Sri Lanka, he talks about a ______.
(a) Bay-fronted house.
(b) Glass-bottom boat.
(c) Flower-adorned shrine.
(d) Dome-shaped temple.

3. How long has the cashier been out of Sri Lanka?
(a) Seven years ago.
(b) A decade.
(c) Fairly recently.
(d) A year and a half.

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

5. How does Joseph react when Triton shortens the broom handle?
(a) Laughs good-naturedly.
(b) Locks him in the basement.
(c) Buys a new broom.
(d) Complains bitterly.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator and cashier meet, what is happening in Sri Lanka?

2. Why is the cashier impressed with the narrator?

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

4. Does the cashier understand the suggestions the narrator gives him in a Sri Lankan language?

5. Who used to own the car that belongs to the narrator at the start of the story?

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