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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

4. How old was Salvatore when the narrator says he first knew him?

5. How is Salvatore's handwriting described when he writes to his girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Salvatore discharged from the military? What does he feel when he learns he can go home?

3. What does Salvatore realize were "as much a part of him as his hands and feet"(2) during his military service?

4. What does Salvatore's fiancé say when he asks if she received his letter saying he is not coming home?

5. Why did Salvatore and his fiancé have to wait to marry?

6. How did Salvatore care for his younger brothers at the start of the story?

7. How were the cities Salvatore stayed in during his military duty different from his home?

8. How is 15-year-old Salvatore described at the beginning of "Salvatore"?

9. Aside from missing his family and fiancé, why was military service so hard for Salvatore?

10. Who did Salvatore write to most while he was in the navy? What did he say in his letters?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the imagery used in "Salvatore." Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how Salvatore responds to leaving for military service. What was it like for him and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Maugham’s focus on the theme of goodness as presented in the story.

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