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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) Filling the tank of his car.
(b) Painting his car.
(c) Washing his car.
(d) Replacing the battery of his car.

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

3. Why does the cashier turn off the outside lights?
(a) To close early and go home to his family.
(b) So he can take a ten-minute smoking break.
(c) So the monthly electric bill won't be as high.
(d) To keep customers away while the problem is being resolved.

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

5. In response to the intrusion upon the conversation between him and the narrator, what does the cashier do?
(a) Takes out his pepper spray.
(b) Hugs the individual who approached them.
(c) Shows the approaching individual the "Closed" sign.
(d) Turns off the cubicle light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cashier's immigration status?

2. At the start of the story, what does the narrator notice about the cashier?

3. Why is the cashier impressed with the narrator?

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

5. What color is the narrator's vehicle mentioned at the start of the story?

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