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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) Noisy and friendless.
(d) Trashy and malodorous.

2. How did Salvatore's family learn his fiancé was not going to marry him before he did?
(a) Her mother told them.
(b) Her father told them.
(c) She told them.
(d) Her new husband told them.

3. What words is used to describe Salvatore and his family's midday meal when he was young?
(a) Frugal.
(b) Extravagant.
(c) Fattening.
(d) Tasteless.

4. How is Assunta described physically?
(a) Unattractive and old-looking.
(b) Beautiful and delicate featured.
(c) Heavy-set but jolly.
(d) Unkempt and scraggly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?

2. What is the name of the island on which Salvatore was raised?

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

4. With whom did Salvatore fish with on his boat in the evenings during fishing season?

5. What type of fish did Salvatore catch during fishing season?

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