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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a young servant for Mr. Salgado, Triton's regular duties include what?
(a) Milking cows and gathering eggs.
(b) Watering plants and taking food to the poor.
(c) Serving tea and sweeping floors.
(d) Organizing books and catching fish.

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

4. The haberdasher who stops by Mr. Salgado's house on Thursdays is one of the what who stops by regularly?
(a) Vendors.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Gardeners.
(d) Researchers.

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

6. Does the cashier understand the suggestions the narrator gives him in a Sri Lankan language?
(a) He pretends he does not understand.
(b) No, he doesn't.
(c) No, but he pretends he understands.
(d) He understands some.

7. How long has the cashier been out of Sri Lanka?
(a) Fairly recently.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Seven years ago.
(d) A decade.

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

9. At the start of the story, what does the narrator notice about the cashier?
(a) The cashier looks frightened.
(b) The cashier looks drunk.
(c) The cashier is asleep.
(d) The cashier resembles him.

10. What color is the narrator's vehicle mentioned at the start of the story?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Cream.
(d) Red.

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

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

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

14. How old is Triton when he goes to work for Mr. Salgado?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the cashier turn off the outside lights?

2. When Triton finds himself alone with Joseph at Mr. Salgado's house, what is he afraid of?

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

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

5. What is the narrator doing as the story opens?

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