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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 words is used to describe Salvatore and his family's midday meal when he was young?
(a) Tasteless.
(b) Fattening.
(c) Extravagant.
(d) Frugal.

2. 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.

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

4. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?
(a) His sons.
(b) His parents.
(c) One of his brothers.
(d) Assunta.

5. How is Salvatore's handwriting described when he writes to his girlfriend?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Child-like.
(c) Indecipherable.
(d) Meticulous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Assunta seem always to by touched by regarding Salvatore?

4. Where is the final place Salvatore is sent for military service?

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

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