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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 Assunta seem always to by touched by regarding Salvatore?
(a) He physical prowess.
(b) His gentle sweetness.
(c) His perseverance in the face of adversity.
(d) He altruism.

2. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?
(a) Barbaric.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Peasant-like.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

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

3. How long had it been since Salvatore's mother had seen his fiancé when he returned to Naples?

4. Whom did Assunta have "nothing but harsh words for" (7)?

5. Why does Salvatore's fiancé say she can no longer marry him?

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