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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Lucy-amma?
(a) More than seventy years old.
(b) At least a hundred years old.
(c) Twenty-eight years old.
(d) Twelve years old.

3. Who stumbles towards the narrator and the cashier as the two are engrossed in conversation?
(a) Drunk man.
(b) Mutual friend.
(c) Distraught child.
(d) Police officer.

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

5. How does Joseph feel and act towards Triton?
(a) He treats him kindly.
(b) He takes him under his wing.
(c) He resents him.
(d) He largely ignores him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mr. Salgado associated with the narrator?

2. One night, Triton dreams that there is a demon in the house, and in the morning he oversleeps. What does he tell Mr. Salgado that morning?

3. As the narrator begins to speak about his former life in Sri Lanka, he talks about a ______.

4. As a young servant for Mr. Salgado, Triton's regular duties include what?

5. How long has the cashier been out of Sri Lanka?

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