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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 describe Salvatore's hands while he bathes his children?
(a) Like flowers.
(b) Like sandpaper.
(c) Like buzzing bees.
(d) Like cold stones.

2. What does the narrator say Salvatore spent his mornings at the start of the story?
(a) Working on a boat.
(b) At school.
(c) In his room.
(d) On the beach.

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

4. Why was the military difficult for Salvatore?
(a) He was used to more freedom.
(b) He was accustomed to more discipline.
(c) He was not very strong.
(d) He got seasick easily.

5. What rare quality does the narrator say he was trying to paint a portrait of in his story "Salvatore"?
(a) Courage.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Evil.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Salvatore when the narrator says he first knew him?

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

4. How is Assunta described physically?

5. What does Salvatore's mother tell him about a woman named Assunta a few months after he returned from military service?

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