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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator doing as the story opens?
(a) Washing his car.
(b) Painting his car.
(c) Replacing the battery of his car.
(d) Filling the tank of his car.

3. How does Wijetunga, Mr. Salgados' assistant, change in Part III of the book?
(a) He completes his education and knows almost as much as Mr. Salgado does about reefs.
(b) He becomes a vegetarian and speaks of attaining enlightenment.
(c) He goes through a bitter divorce and child custody battle.
(d) He grows a beard, is kinder to Triton, and speaks of revolution.

4. Why does Triton seek refuge in the kitchen?
(a) He has a secret hiding place behind the kitchen pantry.
(b) It reminds him of the times he helps his mother in the kitchen.
(c) It's the only room in the house with a door that locks.
(d) Joseph does not go in there when onions are being prepared.

5. At the Christmas Eve dinner, who watches Miss Nili intently as she speaks?
(a) Robert.
(b) Triton.
(c) Dias.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the group has dinner at the observatory, Mr. Salgado talks about an idea he has about creating an instrument to ___.

2. As Triton unpacks Nili's suitcases, what fascinates him?

3. Who is Palitha Aluthgoda, a prominent figure who is assassinated?

4. The cashier experiences technical difficulties with what?

5. From where does Mr. Salgado's old friend call in England?

(see the answer key)

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