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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Salvatore's mood when leaving his island for the first time for his military service?
(a) Somber.
(b) Eager.
(c) Proud.
(d) Ecstatic.

2. What simile is used to described how the place Salvatore grew up looked in the evening?
(a) Like an uninhabited planet.
(b) Like a fairy island at sunset.
(c) Like a remote island at midnight.
(d) Like a vast wasteland.

3. 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 would never be quite well again.
(c) He could never work again.
(d) He would have to undergo invasive surgery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Salvatore"?

2. What type of home did Salvatore grow up in?

3. What words is used to describe Salvatore and his family's midday meal when he was young?

4. What was Salvatore's father's occupation?

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

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