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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Miss Nili and Mr. Salgado are out one evening, Triton wonders what his life is like if he ___.
(a) Stows away on a passing ship.
(b) Never leaves his childhood home.
(c) Learns to sew or play the piano.
(d) Works in a restaurant or goex to hotel school.

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

3. Triton recalls a time when he is making lasagna and Nili tells him that ___.
(a) He's preparing it all wrong.
(b) He reminds her of a childhood friend.
(c) She thinks he's cute.
(d) He doesn't belong there.

4. Why does Wijetunga tell Triton that children need an education?
(a) So they can make something of themselves.
(b) So they can question authority.
(c) To have the opportunity to leave Sri Lanka if they wish.
(d) To later earn a good living and support a large family.

5. What does Miss Nili do a few days after the Christmas Eve party?
(a) Quits her job.
(b) Takes a three-day trip.
(c) Moves in with Mr. Salgado.
(d) Bakes Triton a cake.

6. What does Miss Nili do when Mr. Salgado accuses her of sleeping with Robert?
(a) Says she loves Robert.
(b) Cries, saying the accusation hurts.
(c) Laughs loudly and slaps him.
(d) Insults him angrily and leaves.

7. When Robert brings by a journalist to see Mr. Salgado, Miss Nili greets them wearing what?
(a) A bathing suit.
(b) Curlers in her hair.
(c) Mr. Salgado's bathrobe.
(d) Her kimono.

8. What changes does Miss Nili's presence create in Mr. Salgado?
(a) He comes to life, becoming more radiant and outgoing.
(b) He begins to act more arrogantly.
(c) He becomes more withdrawn than before.
(d) He becomes distracted and forgetful.

9. When Mr. Salgado brings up the story of an ark, how do the other guests react?
(a) Look at their watches and leave because it's late.
(b) Sing a song they learn as children.
(c) Tell him he's being ridiculous.
(d) Join in and offer their own theories.

10. Why is Wijetunga dismayed when Triton tell hims that Miss Nili runs a hotel?
(a) He believes tourists ruin their country.
(b) He believes women should not work in business.
(c) He used to date Miss Nili and does not want to hear about her.
(d) He once has a terrible accident at a hotel.

11. After Miss Nili stops working at The Sea Hopper Hotel, what dream does she develop?
(a) To get married and have five children.
(b) To become a tour guide in the island's pearl district.
(c) To start a school for chefs.
(d) To build her own hotel.

12. Which of the following is NOT included in the "Five Lessons" Wijetunga speaks of to Triton?
(a) Plans for revolution in Sri Lanka.
(b) Social movements around the world.
(c) Self-empowerment through wind farms.
(d) Basic teachings of capitalism.

13. Why does Miss Nili borrow Mr. Salgado's blue shirt?
(a) It goes well with her cream-colored skirt.
(b) She wants to have it laundered because she accidentally spilled wine on it.
(c) To use as a sample so that another like it can be made for him.
(d) Her little brother needs a blue shirt for his school play.

14. What does Triton do after he finishes serving Christmas Eve dinner to Mr. Salgado and his guests?
(a) Eats his meal out in the garden.
(b) Pulls a chair up and joins the party.
(c) Goes outside to gaze at the stars.
(d) Moves to the doorway and watches the guests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Triton goes back to the kitchen as holiday dinner guests start to leave, how does he feel?

2. How does Mr. Salgado treat Robert and the journalist?

3. While working for Mr. Salgado, how does Triton educate himself?

4. When another guest arrives for the Christmas Eve dinner at Mr. Salgado's house, what does Triton do?

5. Mr. Dias Liyanage wants Mr. Salgado to take a job with a foundation interested in what?

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