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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the cashier invite the narrator to?
(a) The coffee shop.
(b) The office.
(c) The garage.
(d) The deli.

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

4. When Triton takes a small red onion and cuts it into quarters, what does he intend to do?
(a) Protect himself against ghosts and demons.
(b) Play a prank on his neighbor.
(c) Season his food with it.
(d) Hurt Joseph somehow.

5. Once inside the office, what does the narrator ask the cashier?
(a) Who helps him escape from Sri Lanka.
(b) Where he lives.
(c) Why he leaves his wife behind.
(d) How long he's been in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator and the cashier strike up a conversation, what does the narrator want to know?

2. What vehicle does the narrator own when the story opens?

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

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

5. How long is the gas station cashier on the job?

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