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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Triton run away from home?
(a) He is the oldest of twelve kids and he wants to get away from the daily chaos.
(b) He burns a roof at his school and fears his father's wrath.
(c) His mother wants him to become a temple priest, but he refuses.
(d) He is tired of the daily beatings he receives from his uncle.

4. When Mr. Salgado returns from his trip and finds Joseph first missing and later drunk, what does he do?
(a) Fires him.
(b) Asks Triton what happened.
(c) Punches him.
(d) Gives him coffee.

5. Does the cashier understand the suggestions the narrator gives him in a Sri Lankan language?
(a) No, he doesn't.
(b) He pretends he does not understand.
(c) He understands some.
(d) No, but he pretends he understands.

Short Answer Questions

1. The cashier says his Sri Lankan home is near what city?

2. What does the individual who approaches the cashier and narrator begin to do?

3. What does Triton say when Mr. Salgado asks him if he has any schooling?

4. Why is the cashier impressed with the narrator?

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

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