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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salvatore's patience during his hospital stay is compared to which animal?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A horse.

2. Why does Salvatore assume his fiancé was not waiting for him when he returned from military service?
(a) He figures she did not receive his letter announcing his return.
(b) He figures she does not want to marry someone as ill as he is.
(c) He assumes she married someone else.
(d) He thinks she was too shy to see him after all that time.

3. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?
(a) He feels betrayed.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He feels honored to have had her love at all.
(d) He understands why she cannot marry him.

4. What did Salvatore not really hear his doctors say after telling him the details of his illness during military service?
(a) He would fully recover.
(b) He could never work again.
(c) He would never be quite well again.
(d) He would have to undergo invasive surgery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say Salvatore was "full of" in the first paragraph of "Salvatore"?

3. What does the narrator say Salvatore spent his mornings at the start of the story?

4. Which branch of the military did Salvatore serve?

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

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