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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As a young servant for Mr. Salgado, Triton's regular duties include what?
(a) Watering plants and taking food to the poor.
(b) Serving tea and sweeping floors.
(c) Milking cows and gathering eggs.
(d) Organizing books and catching fish.

5. When Mr. Salgado takes a weekend trip to his cousin's tea estate, who is left in charge of the household?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Lucy-amma.
(c) Triton.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. After recording information about his car, what does the narrator do?

2. What vehicle does the narrator own when the story opens?

3. When Triton takes a small red onion and cuts it into quarters, what does he intend to do?

4. What does Mr. Salgado's house represent to Triton when he is a boy?

5. Although Mr. Salgado goes to the best schools in Colombo, he considers himself what?

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