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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III A Thousand Fingers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Mahaweli Scheme?
(a) A child protection plan.
(b) An extensive food cooperative.
(c) A reef protection initiative.
(d) An inland irrigation project.

3. Although Mr. Salgado goes to the best schools in Colombo, he considers himself what?
(a) Far more intelligent than his colleagues.
(b) A philosopher, not a scientist.
(c) Self-educated.
(d) Not smart enough.

4. Why does Triton run away from home?
(a) He is tired of the daily beatings he receives from his uncle.
(b) He is the oldest of twelve kids and he wants to get away from the daily chaos.
(c) His mother wants him to become a temple priest, but he refuses.
(d) He burns a roof at his school and fears his father's wrath.

5. Why is Mr. Salgado distracted on the drive to the observatory?
(a) He's too hungry to focus on driving.
(b) Mr. Dias Liyanage is talking too much.
(c) He's too busy reciting poetry.
(d) He has a lot on his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Nili drop during the Christmas Eve dinner?

2. As Miss Nili and Mr. Salgado get ready to attend the Mahaweli Scheme inauguration party, Triton gets the sense that things are ___.

3. When Mr. Salgado returns from his trip and finds Joseph first missing and later drunk, what does he do?

4. What kind of fish does Triton purchase from a group of fishermen?

5. Who is Wijetunga?

(see the answer key)

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