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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wijetunga's radical idea about improving his country is to ___.
(a) Legalize gambling.
(b) Use every available space for growing fruits and vegetables.
(c) Make alliances with their enemies.
(d) First destroy in order to create something better.

2. What does Miss Nili advise regarding the holiday decor?
(a) To add more Christmas tree decorations.
(b) To cover the house in twinkling lights.
(c) To take down most of it.
(d) To add shinier decor.

3. While Triton is in the kitchen after the Christmas Eve dinner, who visits him, and why?
(a) Mr. Salgado to give him further instructions.
(b) One of the foreign guests to thank him.
(c) Joseph to apologize for his past behavior.
(d) Miss Nili to give him a present.

4. What does Miss Nili do a few days after the Christmas Eve party?
(a) Moves in with Mr. Salgado.
(b) Quits her job.
(c) Takes a three-day trip.
(d) Bakes Triton a cake.

5. Who carves the turkey during the Christmas Eve dinner?
(a) Triton.
(b) Mr. Salgado.
(c) Lucy-amma.
(d) Miss Nili.

6. Who is Palitha Aluthgoda, a prominent figure who is assassinated?
(a) An arrogant television star.
(b) Triton's uncle.
(c) A popular, wealthy businessman.
(d) Mr. Salgado's former professor.

7. Mr. Salgado tells Triton that Dias is dead and explains that he ___.
(a) Dies of a heart attack.
(b) Drowns at sea.
(c) Crashes the jeep against a tree.
(d) Is assassinated.

8. When Mr. Salgado brings up the story of an ark, how do the other guests react?
(a) Tell him he's being ridiculous.
(b) Sing a song they learn as children.
(c) Join in and offer their own theories.
(d) Look at their watches and leave because it's late.

9. Triton's wish to see more of the outside world comes true when Mr. Salgado takes him to ___.
(a) The coffee plantation.
(b) The library.
(c) The amusement park.
(d) The observatory.

10. Why is Triton worried about having to move Mr. Salgado's shoes to the spare room?
(a) There is very little space there for them.
(b) He doesn't want to damage them.
(c) He's afraid of mixing them up.
(d) He has an irrational fear of shoes.

11. Who calls Nili right before lunch is served to the poker crowd?
(a) Her former employer.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Robert.
(d) Dias.

12. After Miss Nili stops working at The Sea Hopper Hotel, what dream does she develop?
(a) To build her own hotel.
(b) To become a tour guide in the island's pearl district.
(c) To get married and have five children.
(d) To start a school for chefs.

13. How do the guests react to the meal Triton prepares for Christmas Eve?
(a) They are impressed.
(b) They don't like it but they're polite about it.
(c) They tell him it's too cold.
(d) They are underwhelmed.

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

15. After their near accident on the drive to the observatory, Mr. Salgado, his friend, and Triton stop by a temple for what?
(a) To purchase water and a box lunch for each of them.
(b) To put money in a roadside blessing box.
(c) To pray at the travelers' shrine.
(d) To have a picnic lunch by the temple pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Salgado announces to Triton that they are going to England so he can do what?

2. At the Christmas Eve dinner, who watches Miss Nili intently as she speaks?

3. What changes does Miss Nili's presence create in Mr. Salgado?

4. Where do the Christmas Eve dinner guests retire to while Triton clears the table?

5. Which of the following is NOT included in the "Five Lessons" Wijetunga speaks of to Triton?

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