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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 is Triton worried about, regarding being under Joseph's rule?
(a) That he attacks the man to protect himself.
(b) That Joseph sells him to a passing tourist.
(c) That Joseph slits his throat.
(d) That he, too, becomes mean and corrupt.

2. Who is Lucy-amma?
(a) The young girl next door.
(b) The neighborhood matchmaker.
(c) The old cook-woman.
(d) The local school teacher.

3. When the narrator and the cashier strike up a conversation, what does the narrator want to know?
(a) If the cashier is from Sri Lanka.
(b) If the cashier knows what language is spoken in Sri Lanka.
(c) If there are many Sri Lankans living in London.
(d) If there's a good Sri Lankan restaurant nearby.

4. What is the cashier's immigration status?
(a) Dual citizen.
(b) Refugee.
(c) Naturalized citizen.
(d) Illegal immigrant.

5. What compensation does Joseph get, and what warning does he get, at the end of "Kolla"?
(a) He receives a shirt and is warned to stay sober from now on.
(b) He is given a farewell party and told never to go near Triton again.
(c) He receives severance pay and is warned to never come back.
(d) He is given a cake and is told to leave Lucy-amma alone.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When it starts to rain, Triton hopes that Joseph ____.

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

5. Alone in the house, Triton falls asleep. When he is awakened by a sound, what does he think it is?

(see the answer key)

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