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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I Kolla.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are Triton and Joseph left alone at Mr. Salgado's house?
(a) Mr. Salgado takes Lucy-amma out for her birthday.
(b) Mr. Salgado and Lucy-amma take separate trips at the same time.
(c) Mr. Salgado is on vacation and Lucy-amma is in the hospital.
(d) Mr. Salgado is on a business trip and Lucy-amma is taking care of a dying relative.

3. Where does the cashier invite the narrator to?
(a) The garage.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The deli.
(d) The office.

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

5. Among the many new tasks Mr. Salgado gives Joseph in preparation for his absence due to a trip, the most significant is ___.
(a) Baking cookies.
(b) Raking leaves.
(c) Digging an irrigation ditch.
(d) Taking inventories.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The region of Sri Lanka that the cashier comes from is once what?

3. When Mr. Salgado takes a weekend trip to his cousin's tea estate, who is left in charge of the household?

4. What does the cashier confirm to the narrator?

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

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