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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Breach.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what language does the narrator try to speak to the cashier?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Sinhala.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Spanish.

3. The region of Sri Lanka that the cashier comes from is once what?
(a) A coffee-producing economic center.
(b) A seafood cornucopia.
(c) A diver's paradise.
(d) A sanctuary for plant scientists.

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

5. What vehicle does the narrator own when the story opens?
(a) Volkswagen.
(b) Fiat.
(c) Renault.
(d) Honda.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the cashier mentions the part of Sri Lanka that he's from, what does the narrator think of?

2. How far away is Sri Lanka from England?

3. The cashier experiences technical difficulties with what?

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

5. Why is the cashier impressed with the narrator?

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