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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the cities Salvatore lives in during his military service described?
(a) Enlightening and sophisticated.
(b) Bright and lively.
(c) Trashy and malodorous.
(d) Noisy and friendless.

2. How old was Salvatore when the narrator says he first knew him?
(a) 31.
(b) 22.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

3. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?
(a) Like legs of mutton.
(b) Like bricks.
(c) Like clouds.
(d) Like loaves of bread.

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

5. What does Salvatore's mother tell him about a woman named Assunta a few months after he returned from military service?
(a) She has a well-paying job for him.
(b) She knows how to cure his rheumatism.
(c) She wants to marry him.
(d) She has been saying terrible things about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's fiancé's eyes?

2. What was Assunta able to purchase for Salvatore if they married?

3. What work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?

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

5. What did foreigners say about Italian fishermen when they saw Salvatore on the beach?

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