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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV Strandline.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the group has dinner at the observatory, Mr. Salgado talks about an idea he has about creating an instrument to ___.
(a) Measure sound waves.
(b) Detect large schools of fish along the coast.
(c) Generate electricity from the sea.
(d) Remove pollutants from the bay.

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

3. For the dinner party on Christmas Eve, what does Triton cook for the first time ever?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Coconut cream pie.
(c) Ham.
(d) Pecan pie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Robert and the journalist want to know when they stop by to visit Mr. Salgado?

2. What does Triton realize about himself when Mr. Salgado decides to return to Sri Lanka?

3. How does Joseph feel and act towards Triton?

4. When Joseph leaves and Triton is left alone in the house, how does the boy feel?

5. Who is Palitha Aluthgoda, a prominent figure who is assassinated?

(see the answer key)

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