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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The cashier experiences technical difficulties with what?
(a) Pressurized hose.
(b) Electronic till.
(c) Paint drying unit.
(d) Jumper cables.

2. Once inside the office, what does the narrator ask the cashier?
(a) Why he leaves his wife behind.
(b) Where he lives.
(c) Who helps him escape from Sri Lanka.
(d) How long he's been in England.

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

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

5. At night, what does young Triton dream of?
(a) Revenge against Joseph.
(b) Going back to his family.
(c) Revenge against Mr. Salgado.
(d) Going to the beach with the neighbor girl.

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

7. The cashier says his Sri Lankan home is near what city?
(a) Colombo.
(b) Silavatturai.
(c) Kuruwita.
(d) Maradankadawala.

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

9. When the narrator and cashier meet, what is happening in Sri Lanka?
(a) War.
(b) Invasion.
(c) Floods.
(d) Reconciliation.

10. What do Triton, Mr. Salgado, and others in the neighborhood hear coming from house number eight?
(a) Piercing screams.
(b) Terrible howl.
(c) Beautiful singing.
(d) Loud music.

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

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

13. When the cashier mentions the part of Sri Lanka that he's from, what does the narrator think of?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Jasmine flowers.
(c) Oysters.
(d) Pearls.

14. What does the individual who approaches the cashier and narrator begin to do?
(a) Cries loudly.
(b) Hammers at the window.
(c) Laughs out loud.
(d) Calls their names.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In response to the intrusion upon the conversation between him and the narrator, what does the cashier do?

2. What compensation does Joseph get, and what warning does he get, at the end of "Kolla"?

3. What about Mr. Salgado captivates young Triton when they first meet?

4. Alone in the house, Triton falls asleep. When he is awakened by a sound, what does he think it is?

5. What is Triton worried about, regarding being under Joseph's rule?

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