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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 5 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lived in Grande Marina?
(a) Salvatore's teachers.
(b) Salvatore's boss.
(c) Salvatore's grandparents.
(d) Salvatore's fiancé.

2. How long did Salvatore spend in the hospital during his military service?
(a) Several months.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) One year.
(d) A few days.

3. What simile is used to described how the place Salvatore grew up looked in the evening?
(a) Like a remote island at midnight.
(b) Like a fairy island at sunset.
(c) Like a vast wasteland.
(d) Like an uninhabited planet.

4. How are the cities Salvatore lives in during his military service described?
(a) Trashy and malodorous.
(b) Enlightening and sophisticated.
(c) Noisy and friendless.
(d) Bright and lively.

5. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?
(a) The beach.
(b) Church.
(c) The cafe.
(d) Her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Salvatore's fiancé say she can no longer marry him?

2. Why does Salvatore assume his fiancé was not waiting for him when he returned from military service?

3. What does the narrator say Salvatore was "full of" in the first paragraph of "Salvatore"?

4. What did Salvatore have to do before he could marry?

5. Why did Assunta not marry the man to whom she had been engaged?

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