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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What simile is used to described how the place Salvatore grew up looked in the evening?
(a) Like an uninhabited planet.
(b) Like a remote island at midnight.
(c) Like a fairy island at sunset.
(d) Like a vast wasteland.

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

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

5. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's fiancé's eyes?
(a) Like morning skies.
(b) Like flickering stars.
(c) Like forest pools.
(d) Like black holes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Salvatore's fiancé said to carry herself like?

2. What was the hardest for Salvatore about being away from home?

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

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

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

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