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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the only day Salvatore used to wear shoes according to the narrator at the start of the story?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

3. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Evil.
(c) Courage.
(d) Honesty.

4. From what illness or disease did Salvatore suffer during military service?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Rheumatism.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Scarlet fever.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Salvatore's body described at the start of the story?

3. How did Salvatore's family learn his fiancé was not going to marry him before he did?

4. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?

5. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?

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