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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had it been since Salvatore's mother had seen his fiancé when he returned to Naples?
(a) Two or three weeks.
(b) Three or four days.
(c) One year.
(d) 6 months.

2. 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 vast wasteland.
(c) Like an uninhabited planet.
(d) Like a remote island at midnight.

3. How does the narrator describe Salvatore's manners after marrying Assunta and moving to their home?
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Peasant-like.
(c) Barbaric.
(d) Beautiful.

4. Who does Salvatore cry to when he returns home after learning he is not to be married to the girl he loved?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

5. How does Salvatore feel toward his ex-fiance after learning they will not marry?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He feels honored to have had her love at all.
(c) He understands why she cannot marry him.
(d) He feels betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Salvatore's fiancé and her mother heard about him while he was away?

3. What simile is used to describe Salvatore's hands when he is not bathing his children?

4. How is Assunta described physically?

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

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