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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say Salvatore spent his mornings at the start of the story?
(a) At school.
(b) On the beach.
(c) Working on a boat.
(d) In his room.

2. What had Salvatore's fiancé and her mother heard about him while he was away?
(a) He as so homesick he came home.
(b) He had served honorably.
(c) He was the strongest man on his ship.
(d) He was very ill and would never quite recover.

3. Where is the final place Salvatore is sent for military service?
(a) France.
(b) China.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.

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

5. What does Salvatore tell his mother about Assunta?
(a) She is a beauty like no other.
(b) She is ugly as the devil.
(c) She is an angel among angels.
(d) She is mean, mean, mean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was not there waiting for Salvatore in Naples when he returned from military service?

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

4. What is the first thing Salvatore did the first evening he was home after military service?

5. What did Salvatore not really hear his doctors say after telling him the details of his illness during military service?

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