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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Salvatore said to have "acted as nursemaid to" (2)?
(a) His younger brothers.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His mother.
(d) His eldest sister.

2. How is Salvatore's body described at the start of the story?
(a) Strong as an ox.
(b) Big as a house.
(c) Thin as a rail.
(d) Weak as a mouse.

3. 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.

4. What does the narrator say Salvatore was "full of" in the first paragraph of "Salvatore"?
(a) Love.
(b) Grace.
(c) Wit.
(d) Baloney.

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. How is Salvatore's handwriting described when he writes to his girlfriend?

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

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

4. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

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

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