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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) He refused to work and just hangs out on the beach.
(c) Fishing and working on his father's vineyard.
(d) He works with his mother cleaning houses.

2. What word is used to describe the size of the "white-washed" house Salvatore and Assunta buy?
(a) Microscopic.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Miniscule.
(d) Gigantic.

3. Where did Salvatore go to have a good look at Assunta before deciding whether he would marry her or not?
(a) Her house.
(b) The cafe.
(c) Church.
(d) The beach.

4. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?
(a) Like bricks.
(b) Like legs of mutton.
(c) Like clouds.
(d) Like loaves of bread.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Salvatore's fiancé said to carry herself like?

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

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

5. Why was the military difficult for Salvatore?

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