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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 did Salvatore do for work when he was not fishing after he married and had children?
(a) Cooked for a wealthy family.
(b) Taught school.
(c) Worked on his father's vineyard.
(d) Rode a horse and buggy.

2. Who is the author of "Salvatore"?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Rudyard Kipling.
(c) Ernest Hemingay.
(d) W. Somerset Maugham.

3. Who was not there waiting for Salvatore in Naples when he returned from military service?
(a) His mother.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) His fiancé.
(d) His father.

4. What does Salvatore tell his mother about Assunta?
(a) She is mean, mean, mean.
(b) She is a beauty like no other.
(c) She is an angel among angels.
(d) She is ugly as the devil.

5. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands while he bathes his children?
(a) Like cold stones.
(b) Like sandpaper.
(c) Like flowers.
(d) Like buzzing bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Salvatore's laughter described when he bathes his child?

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

3. What simile is used to described how the place Salvatore grew up looked in the evening?

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

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

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