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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. Where do the Christmas Eve dinner guests retire to while Triton clears the table?
(a) Garden to enjoy some fresh air.
(b) Lounge to watch television.
(c) Game room to play a board game.
(d) Sitting room for coffee.

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

3. How does Wijetunga, Mr. Salgados' assistant, change in Part III of the book?
(a) He grows a beard, is kinder to Triton, and speaks of revolution.
(b) He becomes a vegetarian and speaks of attaining enlightenment.
(c) He completes his education and knows almost as much as Mr. Salgado does about reefs.
(d) He goes through a bitter divorce and child custody battle.

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

5. Who is Lucy-amma?
(a) The young girl next door.
(b) The local school teacher.
(c) The old cook-woman.
(d) The neighborhood matchmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator and the cashier strike up a conversation, what does the narrator want to know?

2. Does the cashier understand the suggestions the narrator gives him in a Sri Lankan language?

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

4. While Triton is in the kitchen after the Christmas Eve dinner, who visits him, and why?

5. Why does Nili become upset when she goes to see the fish catch?

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