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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV Strandline.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the cashier want the narrator to use his phone?
(a) To call the police.
(b) To speak with his boss.
(c) To show him how to use the phone.
(d) To call his landlady.

2. When Robert brings by a journalist to see Mr. Salgado, Miss Nili greets them wearing what?
(a) A bathing suit.
(b) Her kimono.
(c) Curlers in her hair.
(d) Mr. Salgado's bathrobe.

3. Why does Nili worry that she's really not invited to the Mahaweli Scheme inauguration party?
(a) One of the party organizers dislikes her.
(b) Her name does not appear on the invitation.
(c) Mr. Salgado often gets the details wrong.
(d) She's not a wife.

4. When do the uprisings start in Sri Lanka?
(a) April 1971.
(b) January 1974.
(c) June 1969.
(d) August 1965.

5. What do Mr. Salgado and Triton learn about the snack bar at the end of the road?
(a) It's owned by a Sri Lankan family.
(b) It serves a Sri Lankan delicacy.
(c) It's for sale.
(d) It burned down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Nili drop during the Christmas Eve dinner?

2. As Triton watches Mr. Salgado and Miss Nili taking a stroll down the beach, he imagines ___.

3. What languages does the cashier say he speaks?

4. Wijetunga's radical idea about improving his country is to ___.

5. Who carves the turkey during the Christmas Eve dinner?

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