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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. From what illness or disease did Salvatore suffer during military service?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Typhus.

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

4. What had Salvatore's fiancé and her mother heard about him while he was away?
(a) He was very ill and would never quite recover.
(b) He as so homesick he came home.
(c) He had served honorably.
(d) He was the strongest man on his ship.

5. What is the only day Salvatore used to wear shoes according to the narrator at the start of the story?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long had it been since Salvatore's mother had seen his fiancé when he returned to Naples?

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

4. How are the cities Salvatore lives in during his military service described?

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

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