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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the cashier shares information about himself with the narrator, what does he ask?
(a) If the narrator lives nearby.
(b) Where the narrator went to school.
(c) How the narrator likes London.
(d) If the narrator is married.

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

3. When it starts to rain, Triton hopes that Joseph ____.
(a) Catches pneumonia.
(b) Crashes his car.
(c) Slips and falls off the bridge.
(d) Falls into the bay.

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

5. What does the cashier confirm to the narrator?
(a) His cousin teaches him a few words spoken in Sri Lanka.
(b) There is a good Sri Lankan restaurant thirty miles away.
(c) There is a huge community of Sri Lankans in London.
(d) He is from Sri Lanka.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Salgado's house represent to Triton when he is a boy?

3. In the story, who is Joseph?

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

5. After recording information about his car, what does the narrator do?

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