2. What does the cashier confirm to the narrator?
(a) He is from Sri Lanka.
(b) There is a huge community of Sri Lankans in London.
(c) There is a good Sri Lankan restaurant thirty miles away.
(d) His cousin teaches him a few words spoken in Sri Lanka.

3. 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 cake and is told to leave Lucy-amma alone.
(c) He is given a farewell party and told never to go near Triton again.
(d) He receives severance pay and is warned to never come back.

4. What is the narrator doing as the story opens?
(a) Washing his car.
(b) Painting his car.
(c) Filling the tank of his car.
(d) Replacing the battery of his car.

5. When it starts to rain, Triton hopes that Joseph ____.
(a) Slips and falls off the bridge.
(b) Falls into the bay.
(c) Catches pneumonia.
(d) Crashes his car.

6. 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) Season his food with it.
(c) Hurt Joseph somehow.
(d) Protect himself against ghosts and demons.

7. How long has the narrator been out of Sri Lanka?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Three years.
(c) More than twenty years.
(d) Less than a month.

8. How does Joseph feel and act towards Triton?
(a) He treats him kindly.
(b) He takes him under his wing.
(c) He largely ignores him.
(d) He resents him.

9. What does Triton say when Mr. Salgado asks him if he has any schooling?
(a) He has no time for school because he's had to help raise his siblings.
(b) He's been to school at the temple and is familiar with religious teachings.
(c) He has some schooling but he does not like the teachers.
(d) He's been to school, knows how to read and write, and speaks some English.

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

11. Who stumbles towards the narrator and the cashier as the two are engrossed in conversation?
(a) Drunk man.
(b) Mutual friend.
(c) Distraught child.
(d) Police officer.

12. Meticulous when it comes to creating lists, what does the narrator log after servicing his car?
(a) Date, time, and battery model number.
(b) Date, time, and paint batch number.
(c) Mileage, date, and gasoline volume.
(d) Month, day, year, and length of car wash.

13. As the narrator begins to speak about his former life in Sri Lanka, he talks about a ______.
(a) Flower-adorned shrine.
(b) Dome-shaped temple.
(c) Glass-bottom boat.
(d) Bay-fronted house.

14. When Mr. Salgado returns from his trip and finds Joseph first missing and later drunk, what does he do?
(a) Punches him.
(b) Fires him.
(c) Asks Triton what happened.
(d) Gives him coffee.

15. When Triton gets up to investigate the source of the sound in the house, he finds Joseph in Mr. Salgado's room. What is the man doing there?
(a) Trying out Mr. Salgado's clothes.
(b) Reading Mr. Salgado's diary.
(c) Stealing money.
(d) Rubbing cologne on his chest.