View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did foreigners say about Italian fishermen when they saw Salvatore on the beach?
(a) They were hard workers.
(b) They were unfortunate peasants.
(c) They were lazy devils.
(d) They were the salt of the earth.

2. What would Salvatore do when his rheumatism made it impossible for him to work?
(a) Drink till dawn.
(b) Sob in the dark.
(c) Rest on the beach.
(d) Lay in his bed.

3. Why does Salvatore assume his fiancé was not waiting for him when he returned from military service?
(a) He assumes she married someone else.
(b) He figures she does not want to marry someone as ill as he is.
(c) He figures she did not receive his letter announcing his return.
(d) He thinks she was too shy to see him after all that time.

4. How old was Salvatore when the narrator says he first knew him?
(a) 22.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 31.

5. How long had it been since Salvatore's mother had seen his fiancé when he returned to Naples?
(a) Three or four days.
(b) 6 months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two or three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Salvatore's mother tell him about a woman named Assunta a few months after he returned from military service?

2. What did Salvatore tell his mother after he took a good look at Assunta?

3. What is the name of the island on which Salvatore was raised?

4. What simile is used to described how the place Salvatore grew up looked in the evening?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 324 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample