3. After escaping from Joseph, where does Triton go to wait?
(a) By the gate.
(b) In the living room.
(c) At the courthouse.
(d) In the library.

4. When Joseph is in Mr. Salgado's room, what does he do when Triton finds him there?
(a) Lets out a loud scream.
(b) Pushes the boy onto the bed.
(c) Threatens the boy with a knife.
(d) Runs out the door.

5. After recording information about his car, what does the narrator do?
(a) Closes his cans of paint.
(b) Goes to pay for the gasoline.
(c) Takes his old battery in for recycling.
(d) Waxes his car.

6. How is Mr. Salgado associated with the narrator?
(a) The narrator has Mr. Salgado arrested.
(b) Mr. Salgado is the narrator's priest.
(c) The narrator used to work for Mr. Salgado.
(d) Mr. Salgado is the narrator's uncle.

7. Who used to own the car that belongs to the narrator at the start of the story?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Miss Nili.
(c) Lucy-amma.
(d) Mr. Salgado.

8. What languages does the cashier say he speaks?
(a) Tamil and a little English.
(b) Hebrew and French.
(c) Turkish and French.
(d) Hindi and a little English.

9. How far away is Sri Lanka from England?
(a) Two thousand eight hundred miles.
(b) Six thousand miles.
(c) A thousand miles.
(d) Four hundred miles.

10. Why does the cashier turn off the outside lights?
(a) So the monthly electric bill won't be as high.
(b) To close early and go home to his family.
(c) To keep customers away while the problem is being resolved.
(d) So he can take a ten-minute smoking break.

11. Why is the cashier impressed with the narrator?
(a) He is a vegetarian.
(b) He owns a restaurant.
(c) He used to be a marine biologist.
(d) He attends Oxford.

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

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

14. What do the police and neighbors discover at house number eight?
(a) A visiting classical singer is trying to stay there without being noticed by the neighbors.
(b) The wife steps on a cluster of poisonous scorpions.
(c) The husband is drunk and cranks up the volume of the radio and television.
(d) The wife rubs hot chillies all over her husband as punishment for his indiscretions.

15. How old is Lucy-amma?
(a) More than seventy years old.
(b) Twelve years old.
(c) Twenty-eight years old.
(d) At least a hundred years old.