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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) His gentle sweetness.
(b) He physical prowess.
(c) His perseverance in the face of adversity.
(d) He altruism.

2. 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.

3. Who lived in Grande Marina?
(a) Salvatore's fiancé.
(b) Salvatore's teachers.
(c) Salvatore's boss.
(d) Salvatore's grandparents.

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

5. What is the first thing Salvatore did the first evening he was home after military service?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Visit his fiancé.
(c) Visit his doctor.
(d) Work on the boat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Salvatore happy when he learned what sickness he had during military service?

3. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

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

5. In what type of transportation does Salvatore arrive at Naples after his military service has ended?

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