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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 work does Salvatore do when he settles home after returning from military service?
(a) He works as a cook for a wealthy family.
(b) Fishing and working on his father's vineyard.
(c) He refused to work and just hangs out on the beach.
(d) He works with his mother cleaning houses.

2. 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.

3. How is Salvatore's body described at the start of the story?
(a) Big as a house.
(b) Weak as a mouse.
(c) Thin as a rail.
(d) Strong as an ox.

4. What did Salvatore tell his mother after he took a good look at Assunta?
(a) He would marry her.
(b) He would rather marry his own brother.
(c) He would rather die than marry her.
(d) He would marry her if she fixed herself up a bit.

5. Whom did Assunta have "nothing but harsh words for" (7)?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her former fiancé.
(c) Salvatore's mother.
(d) Salvatore's former fiancé.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Assunta seem always to by touched by regarding Salvatore?

2. What would Salvatore do when his rheumatism made it impossible for him to work?

3. Who is the author of "Salvatore"?

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

5. Why does Salvatore assume his fiancé was not waiting for him when he returned from military service?

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