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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV Strandline.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Triton takes a small red onion and cuts it into quarters, what does he intend to do?
(a) Hurt Joseph somehow.
(b) Protect himself against ghosts and demons.
(c) Play a prank on his neighbor.
(d) Season his food with it.

3. As Miss Nili and Mr. Salgado get ready to attend the Mahaweli Scheme inauguration party, Triton gets the sense that things are ___.
(a) Incomprehensible.
(b) Not what they seem.
(c) Slipping away.
(d) Going great.

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

5. 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) Trying out Mr. Salgado's clothes.
(c) Stealing money.
(d) Reading Mr. Salgado's diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mr. Salgado and Triton settle into their London apartment, Mr. Salgado is busy with work and Triton:

2. As Mr. Salgado drives the Land-Rover to the observatory, what does he almost hit?

3. How does Mr. Salgado treat Robert and the journalist?

4. Why does Nili worry that she's really not invited to the Mahaweli Scheme inauguration party?

5. What does Triton serve the Christmas Eve dinner guests for dessert?

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