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

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

3. Which branch of the military did Salvatore serve?
(a) Navy.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Army.

4. What was the hardest for Salvatore about being away from home?
(a) Missing his fiancé.
(b) Missing his parents.
(c) Missing the beach.
(d) Missing his brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Salvatore's patience during his hospital stay is compared to which animal?

2. What did Salvatore have to do before he could marry?

3. Who was not there waiting for Salvatore in Naples when he returned from military service?

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

5. What did Salvatore tell his mother after he took a good look at Assunta?

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