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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 5 - 8 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salvatore's patience during his hospital stay is compared to which animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cat.
(d) A mouse.

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

3. Why was Salvatore happy when he learned what sickness he had during military service?
(a) They could now cure him.
(b) He would completely recover on his own soon.
(c) He would be able to continue his service.
(d) He could go home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands while he bathes his children?

2. What did foreigners say about Italian fishermen when they saw Salvatore on the beach?

3. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?

4. How long did Salvatore spend in the hospital during his military service?

5. How is Salvatore's handwriting described when he writes to his girlfriend?

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