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

2. What is the first thing Salvatore did the first evening he was home after military service?
(a) Visit his fiancé.
(b) Work on the boat.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Visit his doctor.

3. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's fiancé's eyes?
(a) Like forest pools.
(b) Like morning skies.
(c) Like flickering stars.
(d) Like black holes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why would Salvatore look at Ischia every evening?

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

5. Who is the author of "Salvatore"?

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