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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III A Thousand Fingers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the cashier experiences technical difficulties, what does he consider doing?
(a) Quitting his job.
(b) Throwing the unit away.
(c) Calling for help.
(d) Rummaging through the shed.

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

4. Among the many new tasks Mr. Salgado gives Joseph in preparation for his absence due to a trip, the most significant is ___.
(a) Baking cookies.
(b) Digging an irrigation ditch.
(c) Taking inventories.
(d) Raking leaves.

5. Who carves the turkey during the Christmas Eve dinner?
(a) Mr. Salgado.
(b) Lucy-amma.
(c) Miss Nili.
(d) Triton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Wijetunga?

3. What changes does Miss Nili's presence create in Mr. Salgado?

4. In the story, who is Joseph?

5. In what language does the narrator try to speak to the cashier?

(see the answer key)

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